scalp-lock

Billy's a Mohegan with a scalp-lock, that's what he is.

CHAPTER XIII 2010

His head was shaved, Uzbek fashion, with a little scalp-lock to one side, and so was his face, except for a tuft of forked beard on his chin.

The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

I put my hand up, and for a moment I could have sworn I felt a tarred scalp-lock standing up from the crown of my held.

Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005

His head was shaven except for a scalp-lock, his mustaches drooped over a rat-trap mouth.

The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

His scalp-lock streamed in the wind, his muscular chest was bare, his warm, winter fur jacket was hanging by the sleeves, and the perspiration poured from him as from a pig.

Taras Bulba 2003

His head was shaven except for a scalp-lock, his mustaches drooped over a rat-trap mouth.

The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

Zaporozhetz had stretched himself out in the road like a lion; his scalp-lock, thrown proudly behind him, extended over upwards of a foot of ground; his trousers of rich red cloth were spotted with tar, to show his utter disdain for them.

Taras Bulba 2003

Taras may tear the grey hair from his scalp-lock, and curse the day and hour in which such a son was born to dishonour him.

Taras Bulba 2003

As the wind swayed its scalp-lock of twisted shrubs, the dune quivered, and rivulets of singing sand, almost as fluid and as unstable as water, trickled down, for it was one of the rubbish-heaps of the sea, over the brink of which waste was unceasingly shot.

Tropic Days 2003

Many were so glad at heart that they were for shaking hands with the messengers at once; but some, who in their younger days had won the scalp-lock and eagle feather in wars with the Sioux, shook their heads and counselled against haste.

In the Name of His Ancestor 1996