DCHP-2
fore-lock DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a long tuft of hair worn by some Indian warriors with otherwise cropped or shaven heads as a challenge to their enemies.
See also: scalp-lock (def 2.)
- 1922 They took his fore-lock and his teepee and his last string of wampum. And the old snob, of course, would never forgive them.
- 1922 They took his fore-lock and his teepee and his last string of wampum. And the old snob, of course, would never forgive them.