lovelock

American  

[luhv-lok] / ˈlʌvˌlɒk /

noun

1. any lock of hair hanging or worn separately from the rest of the hair.

2. a long, flowing lock or curl dressed separately from the rest of the hair, worn by courtiers, especially in the 17th century.

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lovelock British  

/ ˈlʌvˌlɒk /

noun

1. a long lock of hair worn on the forehead

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Etymology

Origin of lovelock

First recorded in 1585–95; love + lock ²

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Example Sentences

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lovelock

Hereupon I dashed the breathless Gregory aside and turned to meet my new assailant, a spruce young gallant he, from curling lovelock to Spanish boots.

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Jeffery Farnol

Nay, listen thou who, walking on Life's way, Hast seen no lovelock of thy love's grow grey Listen, and love thy life, and let the Wheel Of Heaven go spinning its own wilful way.

From Ban and Arriere Ban by Andrew Lang

His long hair has one lock brought over the left shoulder to be marked as a lovelock by a ribbon at the end.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

You are going to stay right here and face the old Forty-Two Centimeter,” he made a reply to my pleading request as he bent and laid his cheek upon the lovelock.

From The Daredevil by Maria Thompson Daviess

He's got on the first pantaloons ever worn, and his hair is tied in a lovelock.

From The Harlequinade An Excursion by Dion Clayton Calthrop

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