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dreadlock

noun

Definition of dreadlock

as in pigtail

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Recent Examples of dreadlock And the most obvious way to do that was to have Jones’ ample dreadlocks flowing behind him. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2026 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 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

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Some of the rest were stuck in water-bottle refill lines, concurrent queues snaking behind small drinking fountains that created a bottleneck of sweaty humanity around the corners of the new stadium.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 July 2026
Earlier this morning in New York’s always-buzzing Meatpacking District, a long queue of young, cool folks could be seen lining up along 14th street—circling the block from 10th avenue all the way to 9th.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 July 2026

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