English Explanatory Dictionary

linthead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A worker in a cotton or other textile mill.
  2. A low-class Southern white.

Word forms

linthead lintheads

Etymology

From lint + head. Originated in the textile mills of the Carolinas.

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