Mohican1
/məʊˈhiːk(ə)n
/ /ˈməʊɪk(ə)n /noun British
A hairstyle with the head shaved except for a strip of hair from the middle of the forehead to the back of the neck, typically stiffened to stand erect or in spikes: I was a nihilistic punk with a Mohican and a ring in my nose [as modifier]: a Mohican haircut...
- In the last few years the soccer star has sported shoulder-length hair, a Mohican and ‘cornrows’ but is probably most famed for his £300 skinhead.
- The models wore sky-high Mohicans, stripy knee-length and bright ankle socks (along with spiky heels) and carried teddy bears on chains.
- The bride's father wore a gangster outfit complete with trilby and spats, Andy's punk friends sported colourful Mohicans and four of the guests came as the Addams Family.
Origin
1950s (as Mohican haircut): erroneously associated with the American Indian people (see Mohican2), from illustrations or film adaptations of James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans. See also Huron.
Rhymes
Mohican2
/məʊˈhiːk(ə)n/adjective & noun
Old-fashioned variant spelling of Mahican or Mohegan.