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Definition of dreadlocks noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

dreadlocks

noun

NAmE//ˈdrɛdlɑks//

(informal dreads

NAmE//drɛdz//

) [plural]

hair that is twisted into long thick pieces that hang down from the head, worn especially by Rastafarians

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