Entry: cowlick (n.)
In context: "The only thing that ever shows she's tired is that her hair gets a sort of huge white cowlick, like a rolling ocean comber of hair.."
Definition: A lock or curl of hair which looks as if it had been licked by a cow
Other: To be honest, I was hoping for some sort of interesting history or etymology. So it goes.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 761
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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