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ear⋅lock

  [eer-lok]
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–noun
1. a lock of hair worn near or in front of the ear.
2. Judaism. a lock of hair worn in front of each ear by Hasidic and Yemenite Jewish males in accordance with the Biblical prohibition against clipping the hair at the temples. Lev. 19:27.
Origin:
1765–75; ear 1 + lock 2
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ear·lock   (îr'lŏk')   
n.  A lock of curled hair that hangs in front of the ear.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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