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  • noun Plural form of earlock.

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Examples

  • It shows Eastern European Jews wearing the traditional caftans, beards, and earlocks.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • He had a full beard and earlocks and dressed in an old black overcoat with a black velvet hat.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • It shows Eastern European Jews wearing the traditional caftans, beards, and earlocks.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • He had a full beard and earlocks and dressed in an old black overcoat with a black velvet hat.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • Why else would you see earlocks on a Catholic icon?

    Magically Delicious? Jen 2009

  • 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

  • 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.

    Friday, Feb. 20 – The Bleat. 2009

  • 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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