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baldhead

American  
[bawld-hed] / ˈbɔldˌhɛd /

noun

  1. a person who is bald.

  2. one of a breed of domestic pigeons.


baldhead British  
/ ˈbɔːldˌhɛd /

noun

  1. a person with a bald head

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of baldhead

First recorded in 1525–35; bald + head

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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

It availed nothing; the waxen baldhead so much the more replied, 'Yes, there sits brother Schoppe already,' and I actually saw myself also embossed and modelled on the spot.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul

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

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

This we did until it was further read that the particular baldhead in question wore a purple toga.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster by Foster, Herbert Baldwin

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