bucket-head

bucket-head (plural bucket-heads)

1. Alternative form of bucket head
   • 1903, Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain), Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers:

     Near a shaft fitted with the most improved winding-appliances may be seen another in which men and quartz are raised from a depth of 2,556 feet in a bucket—and that without a swivel at the bucket-head.

   • 1986 Oct-Nov, Susan Biddle Jaffe, “"Gourmet Fast Food" No Longer a Contradiction”, in Tampa Bay Magazine, page 107:

     There are some ads running these days that accuse some of us of being "bucket-heads." You know the story line; you're too busy to cook, so someone runs out or stops by for chicken in a bucket.

   • 1998, Deborah Scott -, The California Kid Fights Back, →ISBN, page 123:

     William had looked kind of stupid wearing it the day before, but now that he stood in the field with a bunch of other 'bucket-heads, he fit in.

   • 2006, Jacqueline Carey, Godslayer: Volume II of The Sundering, →ISBN:

     Once they break formation, we'll pick off the bucket-heads one at a time.

   • 2014, Michael Kogge, Star Wars Rebels: The Rebellion Begins, →ISBN:

     “You bucket-heads are going to be sorry when my uncle the Emperor finds out you're keeping me here against my will."