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loggerhead

n.
US //ˈɫɑɡɝˌhɛd// UK //lˈɒɡəhˌɛd// log·ger·head Archaic Dialect
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Origin

From logger (“(dialectal) heavy wooden block secured to a horse's leg to prevent it from straying”) + head. Logger was apparently coined because its sound connotes a clumsy, heavy object; compare log (“trunk of a dead tree; bulky piece of wood”).

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