caulkhead
English edit
Noun edit
caulkhead (plural caulkheads)
- Someone from the Isle of Wight
- 2007, Meryl Aldridge, Understanding The Local Media, →ISBN, page 13:
- 'If you come across caulkheads they'd soon tell you' according to a middle-aged male respondent (2001: 34) who, presumably, was an 'overner' that is, not from the island.
- 2010, Graham Hurley, Blood And Honey, →ISBN:
- Even a bad bastard like Pelly can't hide.' He grinned, looking up at Faraday. 'One happy family, that's us caulkheads.'
- 2017, Bobby Cummines, The Parkhurst Years, →ISBN:
- 'Maybe you could qualify there. But you're definitely not a caulkhead.' 'Caulkhead? You're having me on. Nobody has ever called me a caulkhead before. I hope it ain't insulting.' Foxy was in his element: 'A caulkhead is someone who was born on the island, into a well-established family here.'