nape

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Boys' hair could not cover the nape of their necks, while girls with long hair had to tie it up.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

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

Going forward, restorers plan to make fresh casts out of resin to replace the plaster patches that covered missing pieces, including on part of the nape of the neck and the pubis.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2023

There was some curved precision buzzing that made its way to the nape of my neck, as well as trimmed right angles around my ears and mini-sideburns.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Tillie, the Finnish cook, was a tall, ageless, red-faced, raw- boned woman with long, snow-white hair which she balled in a knot at the nape of her neck.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright