leatherhead

/ (ˈlɛðəˌhɛd) /

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noun

another name for friarbird

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Words nearby leatherhead

leatherback turtle, leather beetle, leatherette, leatherfish, leather-hard, leatherhead, leatherjacket, leatherleaf, leather-lunged, leathern, leatherneck

British Dictionary definitions for leatherhead (2 of 2)

Leatherhead

/ (ˈlɛðəˌhɛd) /

noun

a town in S England, in Surrey. Pop: 42 885 (2001)

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How to use leatherhead in a sentence

We got off, paid our fare, and the trap rattled back on its way to Leatherhead.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|A. Conan Doyle
Hephzy's romantic spirit objected strongly to "Leatherhead," but I told her nothing could be more appropriate.
Kent Knowles: Quahaug|Joseph C. Lincoln
He had a house he wanted to let us, and I guess we'd have taken it, too, only you seemed to hate the name of Leatherhead so.
Kent Knowles: Quahaug|Joseph C. Lincoln
And if his owner, Leatherhead Mike Doyle, had kept the weight offen him he'd've stood up anyway, for he was the truest thing.
Bulldog Carney|W. A. Fraser

I started from home before six, reached Leatherhead at twenty past, and came in by the first train to Waterloo.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|A. Conan Doyle