Meanings
loggerheads1
- pluralplural of loggerhead
- Fisticuffs; fighting.
- dialectalThe knapweed.
Loggerheads is a local term for a harmless plant called the knapweed (centaurea nigra) […]
1912, Arnold Bennett, “Why the Clock Stopped”, in The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories, page 262
Loggerheads2
- A village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7336).
- A small village in Llanferres community, Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1962).
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