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sidelocks

sidelocks is the plural of sidelock.

Meaning of sidelock

Noun

sidelock (plural sidelocks)

  1. A lock of hair worn at the side of the head.
    • observation of the Sabbath (rather than the décadi) and the wearing of Jewish side-locks and beards were regarded as ‘uncivic’ offences.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 558
  2. The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.

Questions about sidelocks

What is sidelocks the plural of?
Sidelocks is the plural of sidelock.

Words near sidelocks in the dictionary

  1. sideloading
  2. sideloads
  3. sidelobe
  4. sidelobes
  5. sidelock
  6. sidelocks
  7. sidelong
  8. sidelot
  9. sidelots
  10. sidely
  11. sideman

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