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pull the forelock Definition


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forelock
noun
    1. A lock of hair growing or falling over the brow.
Idiom: pull the forelock (touch the forelock, tug the forelock)
    To raise one's hand to the forehead as a sign of respect or subservience to someone.
Etymology: 17c.



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