Usually means: Loan taken against one's property.
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  1. headborrow: Wiktionary
  2. Headborrow: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  3. Headborrow: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  4. headborrow: FreeDictionary.org

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Headborrow)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of headborough [(historical, law) Synonym of tithingman: the head of a tithing.]

Similar:
head cover, head-dress, tight head, head hunter, head-kerchief, head band, tow-head, head-butter, head dress, tight-head, more...

Opposite:
tail lend, tail borrow, tail loan

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Similar:
head cover, head-dress, tight head, head hunter, head-kerchief, head band, tow-head, head-butter, head dress, tight-head, more...

Opposite:
tail lend, tail borrow, tail loan



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