单词 | bald-head |
释义 | bald-headn. One who has a bald head; also attributive; transferred a kind of pigeon. ΘΚΠ 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/ , U.S. /ˈbɔlˌ(h)ɛd/ , /ˈbɑlˌ(h)ɛd/ , Caribbean English /ˈbɑlˌhɛd/ . A Rastafarian who does not wear dreadlocks. Hence more widely: any person without dreadlocks; a person who is not a Rastafarian.ΚΠ 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). < n.1535 |
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