chowderhead
Americannoun
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Origin of chowderhead
1825–35; compare British dial. (Lancashire) chowterhead, phonetic variant of cholterhead, dialectal variant of jolterhead, earlier jolthead, equivalent to jolt-, jolter- (probably akin to jolt, but sense uncertain) + head
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I think it was Chowderhead that got California, Nevada, all that Southwest area.
From The Hated by Pohl, Frederik
Somebody sneezed, and it sounded just like Chowderhead sneezing.
From The Hated by Pohl, Frederik
I didn't like to think about Gilvey, or Sam or Chowderhead or Wally or the captain.
From The Hated by Pohl, Frederik
Chowderhead had a ladylike little sneeze; it went hutta, real quick, all through the mouth, no nose involved.
From The Hated by Pohl, Frederik
They try to keep it so every man's home town is in his own section, but—well, like with us, Chowderhead and the captain both happened to come from Santa Monica.
From The Hated by Pohl, Frederik
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