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baldy colloq.|ˈbɔːldɪ|
[f. bald a. + -y6.]
A bald-headed person. Also transf. and as a nickname. Also as adj. and in Comb., baldy-headed adj., Sc. and dial.
1863Rio Abajo Press 28 Apr. 2/2 Within the perlieus [sic] of the Rio Chiquito and ‘Old Baldy’. 1909Webster Baldy, somewhat bald. 1916Joyce Portr. Artist (1917) 59 He thought of the baldy head of the prefect of studies. 1925Scots Mag. Dec. 196 A big, gauky stirk o' a bauldy-heided dominy! 1927A. Clarke Son of Learning iii. 54 There is a baldy spot Lighting your crown. 1931‘Dean Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 199 Baldy, generally an old man ‘with a high forehead’. 1936F. Clune Roaming the Darling xvi. 143 A baldy and paunchy old cove, hosing down the footpath. 1936I. L. Idriess Cattle King xi. 99 He's got a couple of good sorts of mares and a good-looking baldy chestnut. 1944A. Clarke Viscount of Blarney (1945) 35 I'll leave the lantern..for old baldy pate. 1952B. Malamud Natural 89 Pop scratched his baldy. 1953in Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 15/2 Baldies are more romantic. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. xvi. 359 The only thing I dinna like Is the baldy-headed master. |