Head-robber, subs. (journalists’).—1. A plagiarist. [[289]]
2. (popular).—A butler.
Head-screw (or bloke), subs. (prison).—A chief warder.
Heady, adj. (old: now recognised).—1. See quot.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Heady, strong Liquors that immediately fly up into the Noddle, and so quickly make Drunk.
2. (colloquial).—Restive; full of arrogance and airs; opinionated.
1864. National Review, p. 535. I think it’s the novels that make my girls so heady.
Heady-whop, subs. (streets).—A person with a preternaturally large head. (A corruption of whopping-head (q.v.).)
Healtheries, subs. (common).—The Health Exhibition, held at South Kensington. [Others of the series were nick-named The Fisheries, The Colinderies, The Forestries, etc.]
Heap, subs. (colloquial).—A large number; lots; a great deal.