coppernobn.
colloquial.
A red-haired person.
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1880 D. W. Barrett Life & Work among Navvies (ed. 2) ii. iii. 49 A man with red hair would be termed a ‘Copper-knob’, or ‘Mahogany top’.
1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 56 Copper~nob, someone blessed (or cursed) with red hair.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 170 ‘Ginger, you're barmy, getcher 'air cut’ has been a greeting to coppernobs ever since it was a catch phrase in the Harry Champion song.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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