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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

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 Mark Twain

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

The wax beasts exchange with one another their fixed ideas and slip me in among them: 'There is our honorary fellow-member peeping in,' said the wax baldhead.

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

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