Meaning of like whiteheads | Babel Free

Definitions

With all of one's energy; vigorously.

colloquial

Examples

“So many things of interest have happened since you people heard from us we hardly know where to “begin to commence at," but really, we're here and working like whiteheads.”

“Edward Blamey and some of his friends had stuffed a toy cannon with powder and wadded newspapers, and they touched it off right in the middle of Judge J. T. Day's speech, and then they ran like whiteheads when they saw the constable coming . ran long and lightly and youthfully with their pockets filled with torpedoes and Chinese crackers and squibs . . . three cheers for the Red, White and Blue!”

“Don't piffle to the children, Al. Those hens ran like whiteheads.”

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