linthead

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noun

A worker in a cotton or other textile mill.

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Meanings

nounlinthead (plural lintheads)

plural lintheads · alternative lint-head

  1. Southern USderogatoryoffensiveA worker in a cotton or other textile mill.
  2. Southern USderogatoryoffensiveA low-class Southern white.

Origin

From lint + head. Originated in the textile mills of the Carolinas.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

linthead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linthead

MLA

“linthead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linthead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linthead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linthead.

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