LOVELOCK

Proper noun

Lovelock

A surname.

An unincorporated community in Butte County, California, United States.

A city, the county seat of Pershing County, Nevada, United States.

Etymology

Noun

lovelock (plural lovelocks)

A lock of hair that hangs down and is worn apart from the hair that remains.

A flowing lock of hair that is dressed apart from the hair that remains.

Source: Wiktionary


Love"lock`, n.

Definition: A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock;

– worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Burton. A long lovelock and long hair he wore. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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