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scalp lock

–noun
a long lock or tuft of hair left on the shorn scalp by some North American Indian men.

Origin:
1815–25, Americanism
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scalp lock  
n.  A long lock of hair left on the top of the shaven head by certain Native American men.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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