cowlick

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It grew to form what is known as a cowlick.

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  1. noun A projecting tuft of hair on the head that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and will not lie flat.

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  • She stroked down his cowlick, smiled reassuringly. —  Greene, Jennifer - Rock Solid (html).html
  • Just a paycheck away and frightened with pale blue angry eyes and a goofy cowlick, he probably had a pretty young wife who sent him off to work with a kiss and a tuna fish sandwich wrapped in waxed paper, maybe the same waxed paper that blew across the rainbow oil slick in the gutter puddle by Gregory's feet. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 04-05 - October-November 1994
  • As a child, Clokey marveled at a photo of his father sporting an enormous cowlick--he believed it was a solid bump. —  Omni: October 1994
  • Wouldn't you Back to Table of Contents Plumage From Pegasus Paul Di FiliPpo On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're Adorable Standing on the doorstep of the innocuous suburban house that Friday afternoon, I nervously straightened my tie, smoothed down my cowlick, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. —  FTITLESF,Apr2004
  • I, on the other hand, sported a dreadful Dorothy Hamill haircut -- the cowlick did NOT suit the style, but no one bothered to tell me! —  Chattablogs
 

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