Definition of "leatherhead" [leath•er•head]

• See friarbird. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I’ll have to check my sources but I think "leatherhead" is a Victorian medical term for excessive masturbation."
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