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Definition of Bald-headed
1. Adjective. Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp. "A bald-headed gentleman"
Definition of Bald-headed
1. Adjective. Having a bald head. ¹
2. Adjective. (nautical) (of a square-rigged ship) not having the royals set. ¹
3. Adjective. (nautical) (of a fore-and-aft rigged ship) having the topmasts struck down. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bald-headed
Literary usage of Bald-headed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"THE bald-headed TYRANT O THE quietest home in earth had I, No thought of ...
But one day there joined in our household band A bald-headed tyrant from ..."
2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"pointing to a bald-headed man sitting just in front of them. ... Mister, have
all bald-headed men got money ? " The man took up his paper, and resumed his ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Bald-faced stag (popular), a term of derision applied to a bald- headed man.
bald-headed row (American), the front seats in the pit of a theatre ..."
4. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1908)
"THE bald-headed MAN. THE other day a lady, accompanied by her son ... "Ma," said
the boy, pointing to a bald-headed man sitting just in front of them, ..."
5. The History of Herodotus by Herodotus, George Campbell Macaulay (1904)
"Now as far as these bald-headed men there is abundantly clear information about
the land and about the nations on this side of them ; for not only do ..."
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