headie

English

Etymology

From head +‎ -ie.

Noun

headie (plural headies)

1. (childish) The head.
   • 1900, [William] Gordon Stables, The Island of Gold: A Sailor’s Yarn, London, Edinburgh, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Nelson and Sons, page 197:

     “Poor ’Rallie,” cried Babs, sympathizingly, “does your headie ache?” The Admiral drew out his head, and looked at the child very mournfully indeed.

   • 1901, Maxim Gorky [pseudonym; Alexei Maximovich Peshkov], “Várenka Ólesoff”, in Isabel F[lorence] Hapgood, transl., Orlóff and His Wife: Tales of the Barefoot Brigade, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, pages 448–449:

     Várenka greeted him with a searching glance, and the amiable query: “is your headie better?” “Yes, thank you . . .” he replied drily, seating himself at a distance from her, and thinking to himself: “She does not even know how to speak: ‘is your headie better?’ indeed!”

   • 1921, A[ndrew] J[ohn] C[alvin] Lowe, “Lullaby”, in Unpolished Pebbles: A Collection of Original Poems, [Osawatomie, Kan.]: [Olos Lowe Printing Co.], page 33:

     Rockaby baby, go to sleep baby, / Nestle your headie on mama’s own breast.

   • 1966, James Hoffman, Joan Hoffman, Prekindergarten Discoveries, Minneapolis, Minn.: T. S. Denison & Company, page 98, column 2:

     With a wing on the right, / They lay down their headies / And sleep through the night.

   • 1996, Antonio Skármeta, translated by Jonathan Tittler, Love-Fifteen, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Latin American Literary Review Press, →ISBN, page 115:

     And as soon as that temperature returns to normal, let’s talk about the thingies that go through your headie at night.

   • 1998, Stephen King, Bag of Bones, Scribner, →ISBN, page 342:

     “[…] The band is giving me a headache.” “Music hurt your headie?” “A little bit.”

   • 2007, Heather Shaw, Smallfish Clover, IAMO Press, →ISBN, page 210:

     “He has a geeyoteen in his mouth.” “And what’s a geeyoteen?” “A machine to chop off your headie.” Cook slid his hand like a blade across his neck and smiled crookedly.