earlock
Americannoun
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a lock of hair worn near or in front of the ear.
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Judaism. a lock of hair worn in front of each ear by Hasidic and Yemenite Jewish males in accordance with the scriptural prohibition against clipping the hair at the temples.
Etymology
Origin of earlock
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He tugged constantly at an earlock, his eyes blinking nervously.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
He began to play with the earlock on the right side of his face.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
“So you will listen,” he told me, playing with an earlock.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
His brow was crisscrossed with wrinkles, his dark eyes brooded and burned with some kind of invisible suffering, and the fingers of his right hand played aimlessly with a long, gray earlock.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
He paused, hesitating, his hand moving from the book and playing now with an earlock.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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