How to Use forelock in a Sentence
forelock
noun-
But the country banker turned journalist felt not the slightest desire to tug the forelock.
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The Economist,
2019-08-08
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Gone are the silly forelock and the granny glasses, replaced by a tidier Wall Street coif and sober dark frames.
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Guy Trebay,
New York Times,
2017-05-02
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When the storm began, a great many private carriages whose occupants had seized time by the forelock and scattered their flowers before the rain began to fall turned homeward not remaining to hear the speeches, music, etc.
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Dawn Mitchell,
Indianapolis Star,
2020-05-21
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