bloodhead

English

Etymology

blood +‎ head

Noun

bloodhead (plural bloodheads)

  1. In China, a seller of blood.
    • 2003, BBC News, China minister defends Aids record‎:
      [...] the head of the local health department was himself a blood trader or "bloodhead".

References
  • Glowska, Wayne; Brenda K. Lester. (1997) Among the New Words. American Speech, vol. 72, no. 4, p. 397.
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