loggerheads

noun — 3 senses

loggerheads

noun

1

plural of loggerhead

2

Fisticuffs; fighting.

3

Dialectal The knapweed.

Loggerheads is a local term for a harmless plant called the knapweed (centaurea nigra) […]1912, Arnold Bennett, “Why the Clock Stopped”, in The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories, page 262:

Derived terms: at loggerheads

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