baldhead

American

[bawld-hed] / ˈbɔldˌhɛd /

noun

a person who is bald.
one of a breed of domestic pigeons.

baldhead British

/ ˈbɔːldˌhɛd /

noun

a person with a bald head

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Etymology

Origin of baldhead

First recorded in 1525–35; bald + head

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baldhead

Sasha Velour won “Drag Race’s” ninth season with her epic lip-sync of Whitney Houston’s “So Emotional,” ending with a dramatic unwigging and stunning baldhead reveal.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2022

A baldhead in shades and a tank top stands across from Blackburn, the student center, with a long boa draping his muscular shoulders.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

In their shining little eyes I read, "Go up, go up, thou baldhead!"

From The Wife, and other stories by Constance Garnett

"What 're you alassin' about?" says the baldhead.

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Mark Twain

Let us deal mercifully with this antiquated romance; and if Miss Caroline Oldys forebore to say, "Go up, thou baldhead," let us also spare the amorous incongruity.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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