headroach en · NOUN
Etymology
From head + roach.
Meanings
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Synonym of roach (“kind of headdress worn by some indigenous peoples of North American”).
Aiming his one-eyed magic / he frames headroaches and cockroaches.
1975, Lew Blockcoski, edited by Kenneth Rosen, Voices of the Rainbow, paperback edition, New York: The Viking Press, published 1980, →ISBN, Reservation Special, page 168:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| headroaches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |