sidelock
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8.7
- noun
- /ˈsaɪdˌlɒk/
:
mecha lateral
- As she styled her hair, she carefully arranged the sidelocks to frame her face beautifully.
Examples
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Come on, we're all too sophisticated for this; the others, with the beards and sidelocks, silently check with their rabbi.
Fiction book (1993) -
But not all men were quick to part with their samurai-style topknots and sidelocks.
Academic text (1999) -
But more shocking is the line about "sidelocks."
Blog text (21) -
"Oh, you settler, with your sidelocks, in your shelter you cower with fear."
Blog text (21) -
This line includes three distinct groups: Settlers, people with "sidelocks," and Tel Aviv.
Blog text (21) -
Silent, pale men with long sidelocks of hair, wearing black frock coats and fur hats, passed her on their way to the synagogue.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Their image of the Jew is the traditional image of the European Jew in chasidish garb with a black hat, long black coat, and sidelocks around his ears."
Blog text (21) -
The young boy wore a sidelock that hung down beside his face, a traditional symbol of his faith.
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The elderly man, with his white sidelocks and long beard, shared stories of his childhood in the village.
Synonyms
68
3.7
A small bunch of hair that forms a curl
1
8.4
A lock of hair that hangs beside the ear for cultural or religious reasons
A long piece of hair worn, often by men in the past, to show love
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sidelock is simply side + lock, where lock once meant a 'curl' or 'lock of hair', so a sidelock is a long curl that hangs at the side of the head, often for religious or cultural reasons.