mohawk
Example Sentences
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The showgirl-inspired costume featured a plumed mohawk headdress and showed Cher's bare midriff - a very new, and very shocking look at the time.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
He also chose a hairstyle patterned after the Mandinka warriors of West Africa — which has been commonly mistaken for a mohawk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
In 1959, he had sported a mohawk to honor Native Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
A friendly troll with a punky mohawk and red-capped mushrooms growing from its back moves the brothers up a mountain by cradling them in its supersize hands.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
The kid had a curly mohawk and freckly light brown skin.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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