cowlick
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A cowlick could occur in the eye of a cyclone or eddy, or it could happen because the wind blows directly up toward the sky.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023
Jones is an odd strain of rebel — not a slick James Dean clone, but a cowlick that can’t help doing its own thing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
Pratik accosted her afterward, smashing his cowlick back.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2019
His hair swirled out from his cowlick like a fingerprint, as if it were intended, as if it were someone’s design.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 11, 2017
The way his hair stands up straight in the front from a cowlick.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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