cowlick

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat

From cow + lick; as the hair may appear to have been licked into place by a cow.

"It was a comical little cowlick! — Fairy Prince and Other Stories, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
“He will have a broad face, with a cowlick atop his forehead. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
Besides the names I have already mentioned, I remember Sharp Chin, Long Nose, Silk Ears, Smooth Palms, Big Knuckle, Nail Off, Hammer Fist, Soft Touch, Hole-in-Cheek, or Hole-in-chin (Dimple), Crooked Hair (Cowlick), and so on, and so on. — Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey, Ingersoll Lockwood

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