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earlock.

/eer-lok/US // ˈɪərˌlɒk //

耳锁,耳栓,耳塞,耳房

Definitions

n.noun · 名词

1.
- ›a lock of hair worn near or in front of the ear.
- ›Judaism. a lock of hair worn in front of each ear by Hasidic and Yemenite Jewish males in accordance with the Biblical prohibition against clipping the hair at the temples. Leviticus 19:27.

Examples

Here a musket-ball struck a pin out of the hair of Dr. Warren's earlock.
He was torn to pieces, had a bleeding ear, and a torn earlock.

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