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log·ger·head (lô

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1. A loggerhead turtle.

2. An iron tool consisting of a long handle with a bulbous end, used when heated to melt tar or warm liquids.

3. Nautical A post on a whaleboat used to secure the harpoon rope.

4. Informal

a. A blockhead; a dolt.

b. A disproportionately large head.

Idiom:

at loggerheads

Engaged in a dispute: The question of car privileges put Sam and his parents at loggerheads.

[Probably dialectal logger, wooden block (probably from log) + head.]

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at loggerheads - in a dispute or confrontation; "Sam and his parents were at loggerheads over the question of car privileges"

hostile - characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"

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Caretta Caretta caretta dumbass fuckhead genus Caretta genus Lanius Lanius Lanius lucovicianus loggerhead loggerhead shrike loggerhead turtle loggerheads lunkhead marine turtle poor fish pudden-head pudding head reptile sea turtle			A fine thing it would be if the people of the clock town were to be at loggerheads every moment with everyone who called them by that name, -or the Cazoleros, Berengeneros, Ballenatos, Jaboneros, or the bearers of all the other names and titles that are always in the mouth of the boys and common people Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context I did not, of course, maintain friendly relations with my comrades and soon was at loggerheads with them, and in my youth and inexperience I even gave up bowing to them, as though I had cut off all relations. Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context There are the prospectuses that couldn't be distributed, and the architect's plans and estimates, and the whole correspondence which set everybody at loggerheads and ended in a dispute, all down together in that corner, behind the packing-cases. The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context			At erst at fault At first at first blush at first glance at first hand at first sight At full At full sea At gaze At grade At half cock at hand at heart at home At intervals At issue At it at large at last at least At leastways at leisure at length At liberty at loggerheads at long last At long running At loose ends at most at my command at odds at once At one at one time At one's peril At par at peace At pleasure At point at present at priority call At quiet at random At regard of at rest At right angles At roost At rovers at sea At second hand			At Last (Celine Dion single) At Last (song) At Last (song) at law at law at law at law at least at least at least At Least I Have Chicken At Least in Heaven I Can Skate At Least Once At Least Once Asked Questions at least so many At leastways at leisure at leisure at leisure at leisure at length at length at length at length at length at liberty at liberty at liberty at liberty at limit at loggerheads at loggerheads over at long last at long last at long last at long last at long last At long running at loose ends at loose ends at low ebb At mark At mark At mark at mercy at most at most at most at most at most at mother's knee at mother's knee at mother's knee at mother's knee AT motherboard at my command at my command At My Earliest Convenience At Night at night all cats are gray at night all cats are gray

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