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scalp lock
noun
- a long lock or tuft of hair left on the shorn scalp by some North American Indian men.
scalp lock
noun
- a small tuft or plait of hair left on the shaven scalp by American Indian warriors as a challenge to enemies
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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.
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"Go now; your time has come," said the little brown bat on White Otter's scalp-lock.
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These savages as a rule, do not wear their hair done up in the defiant scalp-lock form seen among their more northern kindred.
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This consisted in plucking out the hair of his head, all but a tuft, or scalp lock, to which coloured feathers were tied.
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"You shall see," she repeated, her pretty lip curling as Luysnes began to braid the man's scalp-lock.
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