lovelock

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"You know that, don't you The words themselves sounded to Lady Theobald like the most outrageous impudence; but when she looked at the pretty, lovelock-shaded face, she was staggered the look it wore was such a very innocent and undisturbed one.

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  1. noun A lock of hair hanging separately from the rest of the hair, as one tied with ribbon and worn by courtiers during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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  • Now we are going to look at the Colorado Resource again is this let me just go back this is a pediment discovery which you can see as you are standing on the Pedi rack you are looking up to South-West in the far background there that is [lovelock].
  • "You know that, don't you The words themselves sounded to Lady Theobald like the most outrageous impudence; but when she looked at the pretty, lovelock-shaded face, she was staggered the look it wore was such a very innocent and undisturbed one. —  A Fair Barbarian
  • Sooner have me as I am than some poet chap with bearsgrease plastery hair, lovelock over his dexter optic. —  Ulysses
  • He's got on the first pantaloons ever worn, and his hair is tied in a lovelock. —  The Harlequinade An Excursion
  • At golden lovelock, diamond brooch at hat —  Wyndham Towers
 

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