jolter-head, jolterhead
Also dial. cholter-head, chowter-head.
[An extension of jolt-head.]
1. (ˈdʒəʊltəˈhɛd) = jolt-head 1.
| a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Jolter-head, a vast large Head; also Heavy and Dull. 1822 Hazlitt Table-t., Merry England (1852) 61 They judge of the English character in the lump, as one great jolter-head, containing all the stupidity of the country. 1823 Moore Fables Holy Alliance ii. 10 The Easterns, in a Prince, 'tis said, Prefer what's called a jolter-head. 1829 Scott Diary 18 Mar. in Lockhart, A misshapen dwarf, with a huge jolter-head. |
2. (ˈdʒəʊltəhɛd) = jolt-head 2.
| 1620 Shelton Quix. IV. xviii, Who was that Iolter-head that did subscribe or ratify a warrant for the attaching of a Knight? a 1818 Lewis, etc. Ct. Hamilton's Fairy Tales (1849) 68 While my jolter-head of a Genius laboured with both his body and soul. 1881 Spectator 26 Feb. 275 A clerk so low..that Prince Bismarck can disavow him as a jolter-head without remark. 1897 E.D. Dict., Cholter-head. |