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  • adjective Having a bald head.
  • adjective nautical (of a square-rigged ship) not having the royals set.
  • adjective nautical (of a fore-and-aft rigged ship) having the topmasts struck down.

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Examples

  • He replied — with what I don't know and cared about even less — and so, bald-headed and hairy-chested, I spat the words out again.

    A Free Rinse Matt Potter 2011

  • A real bald-headed, getting sprayed all day bitch.

    Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011

  • "I always did have an aloha" (warm regard) "for you, Alice," a member of the Senate, fat and bald-headed, assured her.

    WHEN ALICE TOLD HER SOUL 2010

  • A bright half-moon clung to the side of the main house like something unfinished, and Neal could see the fever trees that lined the drive, thick with roosting vultures, bald-headed and silent, and the rolling tilt of the hills that clustered on the horizon and then dropped off into Ngorongoro.

    The Laugh T 2009

  • Though the Moore's have flown numerous missions, they admit to a certain partiality for the small, bald-headed youngster with the outrageous sense of humor and capacity to enjoy life, despite his illness.

    Mickey Goodman: Real Life Angels: Pilots, Planes and Angel Flight Team Up to Help Save Lives Mickey Goodman 2011

  • Martin found himself shaking hands with a cranky-eyed, bald-headed man, whose face looked youthful enough from what little could be seen of it, for most of it was covered by a snow-white beard, carefully trimmed — by his wife, who did it on Sundays, at which times she also shaved the back of his neck.

    Chapter 33 2010

  • It's plain to me I got to come right up an 'snatch you out bald-headed.

    All Gold Canon 2010

  • Okay, so let's profile fat, bald-headed white guys, it makes about as much sense as this racial profiling.

    Napolitano takes aim at Arizona immigration law 2010

  • Almost, at times, it seems you should wear glasses and be bald-headed; almost, it seems ....

    CHAPTER VII 2010

  • Though the Moore's have flown numerous missions, they admit to a certain partiality for the small, bald-headed youngster with the outrageous sense of humor and capacity to enjoy life, despite his illness.

    Mickey Goodman: Real Life Angels: Pilots, Planes and Angel Flight Team Up to Help Save Lives Mickey Goodman 2011

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