Codhead

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England. Geordie, humorous
  2. 2
    A person from Grimsby, a fishing town in Lincolnshire, in the north of England. British
  3. 3
    A person from Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in the northeast of England. British
  4. 4
    A person from Fleetwood, a town in the northwest of Lancashire. British

Synonyms

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grimbariangrimbarian

Etymology

From cod + -head, owing to the prevalence of fishing in the area of North Shields, River Tyne and the Headland area of Hartlepool and Whitby.

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east yorkshirekingston upon hullnorth shields

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