or curl, subs. phr. (American).—A soaped lock of hair on the temple.
1844. W. T. THOMPSON, Major Jones’s Courtship 172. The way my last letter has cradled off the SOAP-LOCKS and imperials, and goat-locks and mustyshows is truly larmin to the varmin that usually inhabits them regions.
2. (American).—A rowdy (BARTLETT).
