scalp lock
a long lock or tuft of hair left on the shorn scalp by some North American Indian men.
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How to use scalp lock in a sentence
This he had tied to his carefully cultivated scalp-lock, where it switched in the passing breeze.
The Way of an Indian | Frederic Remington"Go now; your time has come," said the little brown bat on White Otter's scalp-lock.
The Way of an Indian | Frederic RemingtonThese savages as a rule, do not wear their hair done up in the defiant scalp-lock form seen among their more northern kindred.
Through Apache Lands | R. H. JayneThis consisted in plucking out the hair of his head, all but a tuft, or scalp lock, to which coloured feathers were tied.
Rodney, the Ranger | John V. Lane"You shall see," she repeated, her pretty lip curling as Luysnes began to braid the man's scalp-lock.
The Little Red Foot | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for scalp lock
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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