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Deadhead - definition and meaning
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noun slang A fan of the rock band The Grateful Dead.
Etymologies
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From Grateful Dead + -head
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There, he started a discussion on "Do you feel that being a Deadhead is a problem in the corporate world?"
MarketWatch.com - Top Stories 2011
I would hardly call myself a "Deadhead " but I have truly come to admire and enjoy the Grateful Dead's music in my older years.
The WELL: Sugaree Robert Hunter 2008
Henley was actually singing "I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac," but this was some years before I knew what a "Deadhead" was.
What lyrics have you always gotten wrong? | EW.com 2008
Surviving members of the Grateful Dead have decided to give the group's archives to a university library in Santa Cruz, Calif., which some Silicon Valley executives hope to help turn into a mecca for scholars and the band's "Deadhead " fans.
California University Gets 'Grateful Dead' Archive 2008
From this custom, it is stated, that we derive our word "Deadhead ," as denoting one who has a free entrance to places of amusement.
A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent
He also appeared in several feature films throughout the 1960s, most notably as "Deadhead " and assorted variations of that doltish character in American International Pictures '"Beach Party" movies starring
Alternative Film Guide 2009
There is a vague, deeply lying gentle knock on the door from Sid Barrett, powerful memories of King Crimson, and some more Van der Graaf, meshed with enough conjuring of musical visions to satisfy a 'Deadhead ' convention.
All articles at Blogcritics 2009
Federal Judge Overturns Convictions in Berkeley's 1985 'Deadhead '
The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper 2009
You've alerted another old, retired Deadhead and New Riders fan living here in Mexico.
'Passing' in San Miguel 2009
You've alerted another old, retired Deadhead and New Riders fan living here in Mexico.
'Passing' in San Miguel 2009
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