1825-35; compare British dial. (Lancashire) chowterhead, phonetic variant of cholterhead, dialectal variant of jolterhead, earlier jolthead, equivalent to jolt-, jolter- (probably akin to jolt, but sense uncertain) + head
Related forms
chowderheaded, adjective
Examples from the web for chowderhead
It'll be cause some chowderhead laid on the horn to punish somebody who made such a mistake.