bottlehead en · NOUN
Etymology
From bottle + head.
Meanings
- (archaic) The bottlenose whale
-
A beetlehead; a fool
But why , for a blind bottle-head, did not ye ask the guineas?
1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bottleheads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |