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Word entry · 8 letters

forelock

Best crossword clue

"Brow curl"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted cefkloorStarts with FEnds with K1 clues
1F2O3R4E5L6O7C8K

Definitions

  1. a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears

Word origin

From Middle English *forelock, *forelok, from Old English forelocc, equivalent to fore- + lock.

Used in a sentence

  • His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks / Round from his parted forelock manly hung / Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad:
  • Warm with the blood of lads I know / Comes east the sighing air. / / It fanned their temples, filled their lungs, / Scattered their forelocks free;
  • This little boy, still flicking his head to one side between sentences though the long blond forelock that once excused the tic had been cut […]

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