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单词 bald-head
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bald-headn.

Brit. /ˈbɔːldhɛd/, U.S. /ˈbɔldˌ(h)ɛd/, /ˈbɑldˌ(h)ɛd/
Etymology: < bald adj.
One who has a bald head; also attributive; transferred a kind of pigeon.
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the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] > state of having no > person having no
callowc1300
ballarda1382
pilgarlica1529
bald-head1535
bald-pate1601
smooth-patea1616
alopic1623
bald-coot1823
baldy1863
bladder of lard1864
skinhead1945
slaphead1990
the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [adjective] > having no
calloweOE
baldc1386
as bald (bare, black) as a coot1430
forehead-bald1530
pilled-pated1542
bald-pate1578
bald-headed1580
bald-pated1606
bald-head1820
baldish1833
tonsured1855
pollard1856
thin on top1869
slap-headed1994
the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > bald-head
bald1854
bald-head1855
bald-pate1883
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings ii. 23 Come vp here thou balde heade [ Wyclif, ballard].
1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 42 The bald-head philosopher.
1821 Ld. Byron Two Foscari iii. i, in Sardanapalus 241 Held in the bondage of ten bald-heads.
1855 Poultry Chron. 3 491/2 Mr. Woodhouse will show his Crested Bald-head.
1867 W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons xi. 123 A pair of common Tumblers..such as Bald-heads.

Draft additions December 2002

Caribbean (originally Jamaican) and Rastafarian slang (usually depreciative). Also (Caribbean) Baldhead, Ballhead
Brit. /ˈbɔːlhɛd/
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U.S. /ˈbɔlˌ(h)ɛd/
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/ˈbɑlˌ(h)ɛd/
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Caribbean English /ˈbɑlˌhɛd/
. A Rastafarian who does not wear dreadlocks. Hence more widely: any person without dreadlocks; a person who is not a Rastafarian.
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1960 M. G. Smith et al. Ras Tafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica 23 The Baldhead or ‘clean-faced’ man who is not obviously distinguishable from the ordinary Jamaican except by some article such as the yellow, green and red pompom or scarf.
1976 R. Marley & V. Ford in ‘Bob Marley & the Wailers’ Rastaman Vibration (title of song) Crazy Baldhead.
1976 Crusader (St. Lucia) 9 Oct. 5 It was a surprise which created chaos and argument among Rastafari brethren as to whether or not they should respond to this call. Some argued that it was just another bluff by a political Ballhead in search of votes.
1991 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 25 Aug. 38 When I got offstage, there were these Rastas with dreadlocks saying, ‘You must be a Rasta in baldhead disguise.’ If you're a reggae performer, they expect you'll have dreadlocks.
2016 K. Miller Augustown (2017) xiv. 137 A procession of barefoot children, of women in bathroom slippers with curlers still in their hair, of baldheads, of Christians, of backsliders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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