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earlocks

earlocks is the plural of earlock.

Meaning of earlock

Noun

earlock (plural earlocks)

  1. A lock of curly hair worn by the ear, often by Jewish men for religious reasons, and formerly by Elizabethan dandies.

Questions about earlocks

What is earlocks the plural of?
Earlocks is the plural of earlock.

Words near earlocks in the dictionary

  1. earlmen
  2. earlobe
  3. earlobeless
  4. earlobes
  5. earlock
  6. earlocks
  7. earloop
  8. earloops
  9. earls
  10. Earls Colne
  11. earls marshal

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