loggerhead

loggerhead

a marine turtle,
an iron tool with a bulbous head
a post on a whale boat for securing a line
a blockhead
a dolt
a disproportionately large head
a North American bird

You might wonder what loggers (people who saw wood) might have to say about this. Big headed guys? I wonder which scientist saw the first loggerhead turtle and said something like, “You know that reminds me of this logger I knew up in Quebec.”

Before two people stood nose-to-nose over an issue of which neither was giving ground, what was the phrase they used instead of “we’re at loggerheads over this”?
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