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hairlore

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Knowledge about hair; hair folklore.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, uncountable

Examples

  • 1988, Remar Sutton, Body worry, Penguin (Non-Classics) →ISBN Barbers are the priests of hair lore, so you may listen to what they've learned from any confessionals, but don't automatically take their word as correct.
  • 1992, Norma J. Roberts, Columbus Museum of Art, Elijah Pierce, woodcarver, University of Washington Press →ISBN More than a mere ornamental surface, hair and hair preparation are elements of an essential body of emic material referred to as African American hairlore, and it can be a near metaphysical index to one's very soul, being, psychology, [...]

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From hair + lore.