earlock
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈɪrˌlɒk/
:
mechón
- The effendi, too, was silent for a long time, until he turned his thoughts into words: "Tell him that his beard is too thin and that he should grow it as he grows his earlocks."
Examples
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Nahman replied: "Tell him that I have never cut my earlocks or my beard, and that they grow according to the Creator's design."
Fiction book (1993) -
Did they love him, these pale boys with their earlocks and green suits, smugly arguing laws nobody but they cared about anyway?
Fiction book (1998) -
To the townspeople, he was a strange sight in his Hasidic dress, long earlocks, and wispy beard, and his soft humming did nothing to change their view.
Fiction book (1993) -
The beards, the earlocks, the eyes, the lines of the face showing through the beard and mustache—all these details appeared to him as if in a living portrait.
Fiction book (1993) -
They are grabbing his earlocks, pulling the hairs out of what beard he has, and making him spin round like a top and clap his hands.
Fiction book (1993) -
A red-headed scholar in his thirties, whose beard and earlocks had never known scissors—how had he appeared as he walked along the alleyways of Safed?
Fiction book (1993) -
The young boy wore an earlock that gracefully framed his face, following his cultural tradition.
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During the festival, many people adorned their hair with earlocks, showcasing their heritage.
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In her dance performance, she highlighted her earlocks, symbolizing her community's beliefs.
Synonyms
1
8.7
A long curl of hair worn on the side of the head for religious or cultural reasons
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Earlock is made from the parts ear and lock, where lock means 'a small bunch of hair', just like in the phrase 'lock of hair'. So an earlock is a small piece of hair that hangs beside the ear and is often worn for cultural or religious reasons.