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Definition of Headiest
1. heady [adj] - See also: heady
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headiest
Literary usage of Headiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"... amid the cheers of the clamouring, crowding throng ; And questioning which is
the headiest draught, that which FRENCH will drink to-day ; Or his own, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"That big rock alongside is the headiest Horseman. But come on further ; it is
near the Giant'* Umbrella that the best flowers are. ..."
3. The poetical works of Samuel Butler: A Revised Edition with Memoir and Notes by Samuel Butler (1893)
"... burthen now pressed upon the shoulders of this groaning nation by the headiest
head and unruly rulers etc. ..."
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