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- noun idiomatic, US, prison, slang a severe head
injury resulting from abeating . - noun slang an Asian, who are reputed to have big round heads
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oroboros commented on the word pumpkin head
Connecticut kids were called pumpkin heads because cut pumpkins were used as a guide for cutting hair; the original "bowl cut" (heard on NPR's Says You)
March 30, 2013