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noun

Scalp n.

That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair. "By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction!"

A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.

Fig.: The top; the summit.

Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.

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Etymology of 'Scalp lock'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scalp lock" Quotes from Famous Books

... tall, spare young fellow, absolutely naked except clout, ankle moccasins, hatchet-girdle, and pouch; and wearing no paint except a white disc on his forehead the size of a shilling. A single ragged frond hung from his scalp lock. ...

— The Hidden Children • Robert W. Chambers