BALD, BALDNESS
ADJECTIVES
► BALCH bald; said of persons → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BALCH-HEADED bald; said of persons → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BALD AS A BABY’S ASS completely bald → 1960 Amer. sl.
► BALD AS A BANDICOOT totally bald → 1910 Aust. sl.
► BALD AS A BILLIARD BALL completely bald → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BALD AS A COOT perfectly bald → 1913
► BALD AS A DOORKNOB completely bald → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BALD AS AN EAGLE very bald → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► BALD AS AN ONION completely bald → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BALD-PATED bald → 1603
► BARE AS A BALCHIN bald (balchin = an unfledged bird) → 1881 Eng. dial.
► BARKED bald → 1958 Amer. dial.
► BELLED bald → 1568 obs.
► CALLOW bald, without hair → 1000 obs.
► CYRIL LORD bald → 1992 UK imperfect rhyming sl.
► EGG-BALD completely bald; smooth as an egg → 1882
► EGG-HEADED bald → 1940 US sl.
► HAIR-PITCHED bald → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LONG-FACED bald; balding → 1936 Amer. dial.
► MADAME TUSSAUD bald → 1990 rhyming sl.
► NANTE PILE ON THE CARPET bald → 1992 UK sl.
► OH MY GAWD ► OH MY GOOD GAWD bald → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► POLLARD bald-headed; said of a person → 1856 humorous usage, obs.
► SCALK bald → 1931 Sc.
► SCAWPY bald, without hair on the head → 1790 Eng. dial.
► TONSURED bald or partially bald → 1855
NOUNS
► BARE PASH a bald head → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► BAY WINDOW a bald head → 1938 Amer. dial.
► BELL-POW a bald head → 1828 Sc.
► CALVITY baldness → 1623
► CHROME DOME a bald head → 1965 Amer. dial.
► COWLICK a bald spot → 1976 African-American
► DECALVATION a making bald by removal of hair → 1650 obs.
► EGGHEAD a bald head → 20C sl.
► FLIES’ SKATING RINK a bald head → L19 sl.
► FLY-RINK a bald head → 1875 sl.
► NUKE-KNOB a bald or shaved head → 1997 US sl.
► PELADOPHOBIA a dread of baldness → 1991 (Bk.)
► SCALK baldness, hairlessness → 1936 Sc.
► SKATING RINK a bald head → L19 sl.
► SOLAR-PANEL ON A SEX-MACHINE a man’s bald spot → 1995 UK jocular usage
NOUNS, PERSON
► BACON-BONCE a person who is partially bald → 1984 UK sl.
► BALD-COOT a person who has a bald head → 1823
► BALD EAGLE a bald person → 1988 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BALDFACED STAG a bald man → 1864 sl.
► BALD-HEAD a person who has a bald head → 1535
► BALDICOOT a person who has a bald head → 1848
► BALDIE ► BALDY ► BAULDY a bald-headed person; a nickname for a bald-headed man → 1833 colloq.
► BALDIST a person who will not date bald men → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BALD-PATE a person who has a bald head → 1601
► BALLARD a bald-headed person → 1382 obs.
► BALLHEAD a bald person → 1957 Black British sl.
► BAREFOOT-HEAD a bald-headed man → 1867 Eng. dial.
► BLADDER OF LARD a bald-headed man → 1864 UK sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► BONEHEAD a bald-headed person; a skinhead → 1981 UK sl.
► CALLOW a bald person → 1305 obs.
► CHROME DOME a bald-headed person → 1952 US sl.
► CURL a form of address for a bald man or one with curly hair → 1984 Aust. sl.
► CURLY a bald person → 20C Aust. sl.
► EGGHEAD a bald person → 1907 US sl., derisive usage
► EGG-SHELL BLONDE a bald person → 1945 Aust. sl.
► MARBLEHEAD a bald man → 1972 Amer. sl., derisive usage
► MARQUIS OF GRANBY a bald-headed man → M19 sl.
► OLD BALDY a bald or partly bald person or thing → 1856 US sl.
► ONIONHEAD a bald-headed person → 1939 US sl.
► PRICKHEAD a bald-headed man → 1990 sl.
► SCALDY a bald-headed or very short-haired person → 1896 Irish sl.
► SCALLARD a bald person; one who has the ‘scall’ → 1440 obs.
► SKINHEAD a bald person → 1947 US Army sl. (Bk.)
► SLAPHEAD a bald person → 1990 Brit. sl.
VERBS
► BALD to make bald, to deprive of hair → 1602
► PART ONE’S HEAD WITH A TOWEL to be bald → L19 US sl.
► TONSURE to make bald-headed → 1876