codhead

English

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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Noun

codhead (plural codheads)

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