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  • noun Plural form of forelock.

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Examples

  • Biting ankles and forelocks is also a recognized fighting technique, although contestants are muzzled to limit injuries.

    What's a Bigger Draw Than a Camel Fight? A Camel Beauty Contest, of Course Joe Parkinson 2011

  • Each had shaved the sides of his head, leaving long roaches in the center, and the forelocks dangling down their foreheads were decorated with shining white shell beads.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • And, of course, our usual mix of irreverant caption competitions, letters in extremely poor taste, shameless plugs for radical causes, and a stubborn refusal to tug our forelocks to any master, be they in Cardiff Bay or Westminster.

    Ein Gwlad 2009

  • And, of course, our usual mix of irreverant caption competitions, letters in extremely poor taste, shameless plugs for radical causes, and a stubborn refusal to tug our forelocks to any master, be they in Cardiff Bay or Westminster.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • This explains why the companies that once dominated industrial-strength computing—the IBMs, the Oracles, the H-Ps—now nervously tug their forelocks around Apple and Google.

    What Price the Cloud? Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • We are all serfs now, so we may as well tug our forelocks and bend the knee.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 21, 2010 2010

  • But simply accept bullying, tug our forelocks and suck it up?

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • It is a day for a smile and a toast, not a day for standing to attention and tugging of forelocks.

    Royal wedding: A day like no other 2011

  • Each had shaved the sides of his head, leaving long roaches in the center, and the forelocks dangling down their foreheads were decorated with shining white shell beads.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Yeah, and as we peasants labor in the fields we can tug our forelocks as our betters flit by in their high-speed trains as they travel in style and comfort between ACORN meetings.

    Most intriguing and yet curiously disappointing headline of the day 2010

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