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

Example Sentences

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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

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 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

The homeliness of feature which had marked him out in the baldhead stage of his existence had given place to a dawning of what promised to be later on distinct good looks.

From In the Wilderness by Hichens, Robert Smythe

Drot your pore broken heart," says the baldhead; "what are you heaving your pore broken heart at US f'r?

From Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 16 to 20 by Twain, Mark

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