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- noun Plural form of
earlock .
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Examples
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It shows Eastern European Jews wearing the traditional caftans, beards, and earlocks.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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He had a full beard and earlocks and dressed in an old black overcoat with a black velvet hat.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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It shows Eastern European Jews wearing the traditional caftans, beards, and earlocks.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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He had a full beard and earlocks and dressed in an old black overcoat with a black velvet hat.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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Meawhile, in the secular world of hipsterdom, people do not identify the like-minded by curly earlocks, secret codewords, or magical undergarments.
Archive 2010-05-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Meawhile, in the secular world of hipsterdom, people do not identify the like-minded by curly earlocks, secret codewords, or magical undergarments.
Code of Living: Choose Your Faithway BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Why else would you see earlocks on a Catholic icon?
Magically Delicious? Jen 2009
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A crowd of people from Givat Shaul, with peyot (earlocks), most of them religious (Haredi), came into the village and started yelling “gazlanim” “rozchim”Oren(Quote)
The Volokh Conspiracy » Only 6% of Jewish Israelis think Obama is Pro-Israel, 2009
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Observant Jews often look like what the public views as “stereotypically” Jewish – the peyes (earlocks); black hat; yarmulke; tzitzits (strings hanging out of our pants); etcetera.
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And now I don't care if she does wear her earlocks outside of her veil and load her hands with diamonds -- she's a dear --- and a darling.
The Tin Soldier Temple Bailey
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