poppethead

[ pop-it-hed ]

/ ˈpɒp ɪtˌhɛd /

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noun

a tailstock or headstock of a lathe.

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Also called poppet, puppet.

Origin of poppethead

First recorded in 1655–65; poppet + head

How to use poppethead in a sentence

The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.
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The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
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He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin.
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I think all the traveling and all the nationalities put that stuff in my head.
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“I usually see people head to the stationary bikes,” Steinbrick says.
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Madame Ratignolle, more careful of her complexion, had twined a gauze veil about her head.
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Only in the carnage of the head, the tilt of the chin, was the insolence expressed that had made her many enemies.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
A fancy came into my head that I would entertain the king and queen with an English tune upon this instrument.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift

British Dictionary definitions for poppethead

poppet head

noun

the framework above a mining shaft that supports the winding mechanism

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