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UK
/fˈɔːlɒk/
]
NOUN
- a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
- a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
How To Use forelock In A Sentence
- This wasn't a principle, it was personal, and it was forelock-tugging deference. Times, Sunday Times
- Its mane and forelock were thick and black as well, and its deep brown eyes stared happily at Tam as she got the bridle from a hook in the stall.
- That one lasted for 4 months, and in the end all I had was a cotton candy pink forelock. A Candid Line of Questioning
- So beautiful and majestic, with his forelock draped in his face, he really fit the part. Early Buzz: Your Highness | /Film
- Tugging his forelock to politicians shouldn't even be on the agenda. The Sun
- Rolling her eyes, she gathered the horse's forelock and gently lifted the bit from his mouth.
- Nicholas's ID photo from the Saigon embassy shows a young man with a Superman forelock, fixing the camera with a challenging stare. The Old Soldier Who Didn't Fade Away
- Time was — time is — and, if I catch it not by the forelock as it passes, time will be no more — Nettlewood will be forfeited — and if I have in addition a lawsuit for my title, and for Oakendale, I run a risk of being altogether capotted. Saint Ronan's Well
- Now, with a shy nod, and a touch to his forelock, he did so. STONE THE CROWS, IT'S A VACUUM-CLEANER
- One of the Shetlands called Pinkerton is a palomino with large bulging black eyes, a long forelock, mane and tail and a sandy coloured mark down his spine.
