leatherhead

See also: Leatherhead

English

Etymology

From leather +‎ head.

Noun

leatherhead (plural leatherheads)

  1. The friarbird.
    • 1855, William Howitt, Land, labor and gold: or, Two years in Victoria, volume 2, page 38:
      The piping-crows, the laughing-jackasses, the odd leatherheads, and the coach-wheel birds, all gave us their old music, and brought back pleasant memories of travel.
  2. (slang, obsolete) A city watchman who wore a leather helmet.
  3. (slang, firefighting) A firefighter.

References

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