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ˈmudhead
[mud n.1 5.]
1. U.S. colloq. A native of Tennessee. rare.
1838Haliburton Clockm. Ser. ii. xix. 289 There's the hoosiers of Indiana,..the mudheads of Tenessee [etc.]. 1949Amer. Speech XX. 27 Buckshine, Mudhead, or Whelp for a Tennessean.
2. slang. A fool. So mud-headed a., stupid.
1793in Polwhele Trad. & Recoll. (1826) I. 329 There are a parcel of mud-headed fellows down in that country. 1882W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. ix. 234 Shut up, you Milesian mudhead, and listen to me. 1886D. C. Murray First Pers. Singular xxii, That old mud-head of a Dobroski.
3. The name of a ceremonial clown among the Zuñi people who wears a mud-daubed mask.
1959E. Tunis Indians 129/1 There were other clowns, too, known as goyemshi, or Mudheads. |