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- noun Plural form of
havelock .
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Examples
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Risk and his partner wore over their ordinary clothing long frocks of white flannel, with white "havelocks" over their seal-skin caps, and their gray, homespun pants were covered to the knee by seal-skin
Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall
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General Havelock had provided his troops in India with a cotton cap-cover and neck-protector to shield them from the sun of the tropics, and the manufacture of "havelocks" became the ruling mania of the hour.
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It's like saying, Hey community...come put your money in my bank...but we don't have to havelocks, gaurds, security cameras..and the police can't investigate -- cause we chose SHALL NOT hire police & security, since it ain't a must.
Last State Senate Committee OK's Villaraigosa's LAUSD Takeover 2006
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French forage pattern, also white linen havelocks, to wear over them, which added greatly to the appearance of the men, being likewise a decided protection from the scorching rays of the June sun.
History of Company F, 1st Regiment, R.I. Volunteers, during the Spring and Summer of 1861 Charles H. Clarke
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There was the collection and forwarding to the field, there to be distributed by the chaplains, or some specially appointed agent, of those supplies which the families and friends of the soldiers so earnestly desired to send to them; socks, shirts, handkerchiefs, havelocks, and delicacies in the way of food.
Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Mary C. Vaughan
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The price of all materials had greatly advanced, the reserved treasures of every household were exhausted, the early days of havelocks and Sunday industry had gone forever, and the Sanitary Commission was frequently circumvented and calumniated by rival organizations.
Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Mary C. Vaughan
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So the young ladies of New York -- including, I hope, her who made my sandwiches for the march hither -- had been making us a flag, as they have made us havelocks, pots of jelly, bundles of lint, flannel dressing-gowns, embroidered slippers for a rainy day in camp, and other necessaries of the soldier's life.
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When F Company left Richmond for Fredericksburg, each man carried his equipment of gun, etc., a knapsack, canteen, tin cup, and haversack; most of them wore linen gaiters and havelocks, the latter being a head covering,
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Sad to relate, her bandages, shirts, and havelocks never reached the front,
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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Sad to relate, her bandages, shirts, and havelocks never reached the front,
The Crisis — Volume 06 Winston Churchill 1909
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