Definition of "deadheads" [deadheads]

• Plural form of deadhead. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deadhead. (verb)

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• "He is right; they are for the most part "deadheads" from the neck up."
• "They were the worst kind of deadheads, thinking they knew everything when really they knew nothing, didn?"
• "The conductors on that railroad were all armed with hatchets, and in case of an accident they were instructed to go around and knock every wounded passenger in the head, thus saving the company large amounts of money; and these were reported to the general office as "deadheads," and in railway circles the term has ever since been applied to passengers where no money consideration is involved."