"headie" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: headies [plural]
Etymology: From head + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|head|ie}} head + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} headie (plural headies)
  1. (childish) The head. Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-headie-en-noun-Y~HP1lFs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1900, [William] Gordon Stables, The Island of Gold: A Sailor’s Yarn, London, Edinburgh, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Nelson and Sons, page 197",
          "text": "“Poor ’Rallie,” cried Babs, sympathizingly, “does your headie ache?” The Admiral drew out his head, and looked at the child very mournfully indeed.",
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          "ref": "1901, Maxim Gorky [pseudonym; Alexei Maximovich Peshkov], “Várenka Ólesoff”, in Isabel F[lorence] Hapgood, transl., Orlóff and His Wife: Tales of the Barefoot Brigade, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, pages 448–449",
          "text": "Várenka greeted him with a searching glance, and the amiable query: “is your headie better?” “Yes, thank you . . .” he replied drily, seating himself at a distance from her, and thinking to himself: “She does not even know how to speak: ‘is your headie better?’ indeed!”",
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          "ref": "1921, A[ndrew] J[ohn] C[alvin] Lowe, “Lullaby”, in Unpolished Pebbles: A Collection of Original Poems, [Osawatomie, Kan.]: [Olos Lowe Printing Co.], page 33",
          "text": "Rockaby baby, go to sleep baby, / Nestle your headie on mama’s own breast.",
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          "ref": "1966, James Hoffman, Joan Hoffman, Prekindergarten Discoveries, Minneapolis, Minn.: T. S. Denison & Company, page 98, column 2",
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          "ref": "1996, Antonio Skármeta, translated by Jonathan Tittler, Love-Fifteen, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Latin American Literary Review Press, page 115",
          "text": "And as soon as that temperature returns to normal, let’s talk about the thingies that go through your headie at night.",
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          "text": "“[…] The band is giving me a headache.” “Music hurt your headie?” “A little bit.”",
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          "text": "“He has a geeyoteen in his mouth.” “And what’s a geeyoteen?” “A machine to chop off your headie.” Cook slid his hand like a blade across his neck and smiled crookedly.",
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