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baldheaded

[bawld-hed-id]
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adjective
  1. having a bald head.
  2. Nautical. (of a schooner rig) having no topmasts.
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Origin of baldheaded

First recorded in 1570–80; bald + head + -ed3
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Related Words

naked, barren, bare, hairless, bald, clean-shaven, head, exposed, smooth, uncovered, shaven, depilated, stark, baldheaded, glabrous, egghead, beardless, glabrate, glabrescent

Examples from the Web for baldheaded

Historical Examples

  • Baldheaded men were not tolerated, and "scratches" or wigs provided the remedy.

    As I Remember

    Marian Gouverneur

  • This little city editor is baldheaded, bow-legged, plain to a degree.

    True Bear Stories

    Joaquin Miller

  • I ask my deer father what it teeches he said it teeches who ever wrot that storry was baldheaded.

    The Seeker

    Harry Leon Wilson

  • He was baldheaded in front, had scant, reddish hair in the back, and his faded blue eyes were tearful.

  • What a hero then seemed this stout, little, prancing, baldheaded man with the face of an unfrocked priest.

    Unicorns

    James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for baldheaded

baldheaded

adjective
  1. having a bald head
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