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noun
A person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Geordie, humorous
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noun
A person from Grimsby, a fishing town in Lincolnshire, in the north of England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
A person from Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in the northeast of England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
A person from Fleetwood, a town in the northwest of Lancashire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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History
From cod + -head, owing to the prevalence of fishing in the area of North Shields, River Tyne and the Headland area of Hartlepool and Whitby.
