英语词汇cowlick的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cowlick
词源	cowlick. This word for “a tuft of hair that refuses to lie down” is British in origin. It almost certainly comes from a compari- son with the projecting ridge of hairs on a cow’s hide, licked into that shape by the animal. The word is first recorded in 1598.
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