dread·locks

[dred-loks]
noun ( used with a plural verb )
a hair style, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.
Origin:
1955–60; dread + lock2 + -s3

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dreadlocks (ˈdrɛdˌlɒks) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—pl n
hair worn in the Rastafarian style of long matted or tightly curled strands

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dreadlocks
1960, from dread + locks (see lock (2)). The style supposedly based on that of East African warriors. So called from the dread they presumably aroused in beholders, but Rastafarian dread (1974) also has a sense of "fear of the Lord," expressed in part as alienation from contemporary society.
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Example sentences
He wore a dark-colored cap with what appeared to be fake dreadlocks.
Dreadlocks required years of not combing one's hair, letting it mat naturally.
He stopped washing, grew long dreadlocks, and ceased to talk coherently.
The police also found in the alley a wig of fake dreadlocks.
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