Elflock

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lock of hair that is tangled. archaic

    "[T]heir wide Farthingales extreamly fill the Coach, an one would take their thick and knotty Elflocks for Hempen ſtuffing, broke out of an old pack-ſaddle."

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"[T]heir wide Farthingales extreamly fill the Coach, an one would take their thick and knotty Elflocks for Hempen ſtuffing, broke out of an old pack-ſaddle."

Etymology

From elf + lock.

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