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"BLOCKHEAD"
IF SOMEONE CALLS YOU A BLOCKHEAD, BACK IN COLONIAL AMERICA,
PEOPLE WHO WORE WIGS
WORE WIGS KEPT THEM ON WOODEN BLOCKS (SHAPED THE SAME AS THEIR HEAD
IF THEY WERE RICH ENOUGH), AND CALLING SOMEONE A BLOCKHEAD IS
COMPARING HIS HEAD TO ONE OF THOSE BLOCKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname SPEECH -- Folk etymology |
Date learned: 11-00-1974