What does pull one's forelock mean?

pull one's forelock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: pul-l one's -fore-lock
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verb

Synonym of tug one's forelock.

Example Sentences

"And the common people pull their forelock harder and squirm lower the higher the rent a man pays per quarter for his house."

Inflected Forms

pulls one's forelock (present, singular) pulling one's forelock (participle, present) pulled one's forelock (participle, past) pulled one's forelock (past)

Synonyms

tug one's forelock

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