Thesaurus results for DREADLOCK

dreadlock

noun

as in pigtail

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Recent Examples of dreadlock Thick brown dreadlocks fall to his shoulders, framing a hippie boy’s vacant, golden face. —

Literary Hub, 10 Mar. 2026 Hillbilly hippies with dreadlock beards buried safes in the woods containing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. —

Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026 One suspect has dreadlocks and was wearing a black coat, a pink hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants and black sneakers, and was carrying a red backpack at the time of the shooting. —

Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026 Because dreadlocks are a connection to the living essence of the universe, cutting them off is like keeping a Catholic from receiving the Eucharist, five experts on the religion wrote in a filing supporting Landor. —

Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dreadlock

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Noun

The snippet shows Cassie wearing pigtails, white briefs and sheer, babydoll-style lingerie while sucking on a pacifier.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
Like the original from 1986, this Molly doll features gray eyes, brown hair with bangs, and two pigtail braids tied with red bows.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2026