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ˈdeadheading, vbl. n.
[f. the vb.]
1. U.S. colloq. = deadheadism; also, the act or practice of being a deadhead.
1873Newton Kansan 27 Feb. 3/4 Railroads occasionally complain of the deadheading, but no institution suffers so much from it as the press. 1903G. C. Eggleston First of Hoosiers 263 Edward..objected..to all ‘dead-heading’ of the clergy, and to all ‘discounts’ made to preachers on the ground of their calling.
2. Hort. (See quot. 1954.)
1952C. E. L. Phillips Small Garden vii. 62 The most elementary pruning is the ‘dead-heading’ of border flowers, by which we remove spent blooms in order to induce new ones. 1954A. G. L. Hellyer Encycl. Garden Work 198/1 Faded flower heads may sometimes be removed... This..is often known as dead-heading. 1970C. Lloyd Well-Tempered Garden i. 48 The first principle in dead-heading is always to cut back to something definite. |