sidelock

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sidelock

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From side + lock.

noun sidelocks · side-lock

A lock of hair worn at the side of the head. observation of the Sabbath (rather than the décadi) and the wearing of Jewish side-locks and beards were regarded as ‘uncivic’ offences.
The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.

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noun sidelock

Español	mecha de lado
Français	papillote, anglaise
Deutsch	Schläfenlocke, Seitenlocke
Русский	пе́йсы péjsy
עברית	פֵּאָה pe'á

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"sidelock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sidelock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"sidelock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sidelock.

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@misc{sidelock_2026,
  title = {sidelock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sidelock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}