baldheaded
Americanadjective
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having a bald head.
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Nautical. (of a schooner rig) having no topmasts.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of baldheaded
First recorded in 1570–80; bald + head ( def. ) + -ed 3 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“Woke up and called us all baldheaded straight to our face. And we ain’t gone do SHH about it! PERIOD! 💁🏾♀️” wrote attorney and content creator Blake Gifford.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024
Sixteen years later, Mora and Mariucci are reveling in the success of that humble, baldheaded, goateed fellow who refused to be overlooked.
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2017
Both stand about 5 feet 8 inches and are baldheaded dynamos on the sideline, steering and cajoling the Bearcats in a red-faced frenzy.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2015
One of the men was a federal agent named Jeff Novitzky—a tall, baldheaded criminal investigator for the Food and Drug Administration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2013
“I’m frantic. Nobody in our family was baldheaded as I can recall, and it makes me frantic the idea of being an ugly old baldhead.”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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