Leatherhead
noun
a town in S England, in Surrey. Pop: 42 885 (2001)
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Leatherhead
1 British
/ ˈlɛðəˌhɛd /
noun
leatherhead
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British
/ ˈlɛðəˌhɛd /
noun
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The subterranean passage was part of Horsley Towers in Leatherhead, a grand mansion once lived in by Lovelace, also the only legitimate child of scandalous 19th Century poet Lord Byron.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Jo Perry, from Leatherhead, said she owed both her daughters' lives to organ donors and called for more people to be on the register.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
When she was 11, she went down to nearby club Leatherhead.
From BBC ● May 31, 2023
So sitting staring at a virtual class is not how Mr Malley set out to lead Therfield School in Leatherhead, Surrey - nor did any other head teacher anywhere else in the world.
From BBC ● May 21, 2020
It begins at Ashtead; you can get to Ashtead from Leatherhead or Epsom, but you must start from Ashtead out over Ermyn Street, the old Roman road.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Hugh Thomson
The last non-quarterback to win the MVP was running back Adrian Peterson in 2012, which feels like way back in the leatherhead era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
That the leatherhead era of workplace harassment was over.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
Maltby was famous for his mastery of sports arcana, especially as it pertained to the leatherhead era of American football, as well as for his penchant for striking, counterintuitive analogies.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
The silly old leatherhead didn't know he was doing anything against public sentiment; and told the very thing that made a case against him.
From Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick
Creede pitching into a leatherhead like me, no wonder I did not recognize Virginia in her new dress; I was in such a stew that I hardly knew which end my head was on.
From Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick
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