nape
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Her long tresses are twisted in an easy crown, flowing from the crest of her forehead to the nape of her neck and signaling her noble status.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
The hair at the nape of the neck, which is typically shorter, kinkier and considered more difficult to style.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2023
That might include a word like “kitchen,” which is a term used to describe the hair that grows at the nape of the neck.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
A peruke was made of long hair, often with curls on the sides, and was sometimes drawn back on the nape of the neck.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021
A flicker of furtive movement in the shadows catches my attention, and the hair on my nape rises.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Their napes are festooned with triangular plumage as consistent as the teeth of a comb.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
Dr. Sano grafted skin on rats' chests or the napes of their necks, the areas that move the most.
From Time Magazine Archive
They parted it from their foreheads to the napes of their necks and then they parted it across from ear to ear.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Most of the stevedores were hatless, and Chris snickered at the sight of the short braid of hair at the napes of their necks.
From Mr. Wicker's Window by Ward, Lynd
You talk of pride: O that you could turn your eyes toward the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves!
From Coriolanus by Shakespeare, William
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