"greedhead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: greedheads [plural]
Etymology: greed + -head Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|greed|head}} greed + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} greedhead (plural greedheads)
  1. (informal) An avaricious person. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Translations (Translations): saituri (Finnish), chciwiec [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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