Definitions
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- adjective Describing the head of a
screw that isdome shaped . - noun A roundhead
screw , one with adomed head .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Actually, I think that roundhead is actually ideologically a liberal.
Balkinization 2007
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'The roundhead is a gentleman, and would not, to save his life, have harmed thee, even had he known what a worthless thing thou art.
St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald 1864
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'The roundhead is a gentleman, and would not, to save his life, have harmed thee, even had he known what a worthless thing thou art.
St. George and St. Michael Volume II George MacDonald 1864
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A nonentity calling himself "roundhead" has been buzzing around recently, making silly comments about me over at Daimnation, and depositing a flyspeck or two at my place.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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But "roundhead" had an amateurish and ill-read blog--until today.
Death of a troll 2008
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But "roundhead" had an amateurish and ill-read blog--until today.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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A nonentity calling himself "roundhead" has been buzzing around recently, making silly comments about me over at Daimnation, and depositing a flyspeck or two at my place.
Death of a troll 2008
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With Hain now struggling and Corbyn beyond the pale, for many in the centre left at least, the question will be "does Benn's DNA trump Cruddas' one significant rebellion - on top up fees - and his 'from the streets and hands on', or 'roundhead' as Akehurst might have it - positioning?"
Archive 2007-01-28 2007
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His royal yacht idea is a cavalier act in a cruel roundhead world.
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It is this roundhead quality that makes me feel nervous about Jack Wilshere, teenage midfield scamp and current bearer of the title of most promising young footballer in England.
Why we must savour the rare English delicacy that is Jack Wilshere Barney Ronay 2010
hernesheir commented on the word roundhead
It's a fish.
Members of the family Plesiopidae are known as roundheads, longfins, or spiny basslets.
January 2, 2012