1728. Vanbrugh, Journey to London, iv. He had the insolence to intrude into my own dressing room here, with a story without a head or tail.
1736. Fielding, Pasquin, v. Take this play, and bid ’em forthwith act it; there is not in it either head or tail.
1874. Mrs. H. Wood, Johnny Ludlow, 1st Series, No. 12, p. 203. Mrs. Blair has been writing us a strange rigmarole, which nobody can make head or tail of.
1891. W. C. Russell, Ocean Tragedy, p. 22. There is nothing to make heads or tails of in it that I can see.
To have a head like a sieve, verb. phr. (common).—To be unreliable; to be forgetful.
Heads out! phr. (American university).—A warning cry on the approach of a master.
Arse over Head. See Arse and Heels over Head.
Mutton-head (or Headed).—See Mutton-head.
Fat (or soft) in the head, adv. phr. (common).—Stupid. For synonyms, see Apartments.
Off one’s head, adv. phr. (common).—Stupid; crazy. For synonyms, see Apartments.