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noun
Idiom1.
a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
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EXPANDa ball or bulb of iron with a long handle, used, after being heated, to melt tar, heat liquids, etc.
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COLLAPSEa circular inkwell having a broad, flat base.
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at loggerheads, engaged in a disagreement or dispute; quarreling: They were at loggerheads over the distribution of funds.
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At loggerheads
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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log·ger·head·ed, adjective
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at loggerheads definition
Engaged in a head-on dispute: “Labor and management are at loggerheads in this affair, and it may be some time before they can negotiate a settlement.”
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Idioms & Phrases
at loggerheads
Engaged in a quarrel or dispute, as in The two families were always at loggerheads, making it difficult to celebrate holidays together. This term may have come from some earlier meaning of loggerhead, referring either to a blockhead or stupid person, or to a long-handled iron poker with a bulb-shaped end that was heated in the fire and used to melt pitch. If it was the latter, it may have been alluded to as a weapon. [Late 1600s] For a synonym, see at odds.
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