DCHP-1 Online
bald-headed 
n. the expanse of treeless grassland in the southern third of the Prairie Provinces, lying roughly between Winnipeg and Calgary.
See also: bald prairie
- 1922 "If you're pushed for money, work for somebody for awhile the first year, or put up hay on the bald-headed; you can usually sell it to settlers next winter". . . . "On the bald-headed? What does that mean?" "That means the prairie . . . because it's as bare as a bald head 'cept for a very short grass which makes wonderful good hay."
- 1963 So I wasn't exactly out on what they call the "bald-headed," but was able . . . to enjoy the greenness of the bush and the presence of woodland birds.
- 1922 "If you're pushed for money, work for somebody for awhile the first year, or put up hay on the bald-headed; you can usually sell it to settlers next winter". . . . "On the bald-headed? What does that mean?" "That means the prairie . . . because it's as bare as a bald head 'cept for a very short grass which makes wonderful good hay."