cowlick

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noun clump of strands of something

noun. threadlike growth on animate being

noun. clump of strands of something

1590s, from cow (n.) + lick (n.). Because it looks like a cow licked your head.

I never yet saw a fellow with a cowlick who amounted to a hill of beans.

So he put down the spuds and begun to curry that cowlick of hisn.

I've been fighting this cowlick ever since I've been a kid—stocking caps, gunk, the works.

Once I saw Dan's cowlick shake like the plume of an angry warrior as his wife turned toward him inquiringly.

He chuckled immoderately and pressed his cowlick down, which defiant tuft popped instantly back to its position of attention.

Trousers may be brought to order in a few minutes, but to subdue a cowlick is a matter of years.

From the top of his forehead to the cowlick on the back of his head ran a broad white scar.