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scalp lock

noun

  1. a long lock or tuft of hair left on the shorn scalp by some North American Indian men.


scalp lock

noun

  1. a small tuft or plait of hair left on the shaven scalp by American Indian warriors as a challenge to enemies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of scalp lock1

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
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Example Sentences

This he had tied to his carefully cultivated scalp-lock, where it switched in the passing breeze.

"Go now; your time has come," said the little brown bat on White Otter's scalp-lock.

These savages as a rule, do not wear their hair done up in the defiant scalp-lock form seen among their more northern kindred.

This consisted in plucking out the hair of his head, all but a tuft, or scalp lock, to which coloured feathers were tied.

"You shall see," she repeated, her pretty lip curling as Luysnes began to braid the man's scalp-lock.

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