chowderhead

[ chou-der-hed ]

noun
  1. Slang. a stupid person; blockhead.

Origin of chowderhead

1
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

Other words from chowderhead

  • chow·der·head·ed, adjective

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