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lovelock

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love⋅lock

[luhv-lok]
–noun
1. any lock of hair hanging or worn separately from the rest of the hair.
2. a long, flowing lock or curl dressed separately from the rest of the hair, worn by courtiers, esp. in the 17th century.

Origin:
1585–95; love + lock 2
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love·lock   (lŭv'lŏk')   
n.  A lock of hair hanging separately from the rest of the hair, as one tied with ribbon and worn by courtiers during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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