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skunkhead en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From skunk + head.

Meanings

  1. A surf duck (Melanitta perspicillata).
  2. A Labrador duck (†Camptorhynchus labradorius, which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England, now believed extinct.

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skunkhead en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From skunk (“strong-smelling marijuana”) + -head.

Meanings

  1. One who habitually smokes skunkweed (strong-smelling marijuana).
    • I'm not a shaykh, I'm a skunkhead. I'm not a saint, I'm a slacker. 2010, Ian McDonald, The Dervish House:

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