headwork
Americannoun
noun
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mental work
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the ornamentation of the keystone of an arch
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A 4-4-1-1 looks likely, with Van der Vaart stealthily finding space to score – which last season was often created by Peter Crouch's headwork.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2011
All horseplay and no headwork, the gossips sneered, will surely make John a dull picture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even plainsmen from Nola admired the headwork of the Viscianesi and came to lend a hand from time to time in supplying material for an orphanage for 200 children from three to seven.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lest mere headwork make them top-heavy he now writes more roundedly of the manly stature he believes all men desire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Physical power was as yet on the side of Charity, but she hadn't a chance with him wherever headwork was wanted.
From Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes
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