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
The big-mouthed, baldheaded comedian whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2017
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
Tarkanian was one of the college game’s most successful and colorful coaches in his 19 seasons at U.N.L.V., a baldheaded, sunken-eyed presence on the bench nervously chewing on towels during games.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2015
Princess Eilonwy and the stout, baldheaded Coll, meantime, had been helping Taran pick himself up.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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