Newgate knocker

English

Etymology

Supposed to resemble the knocker on the prisoners' door at Newgate.

Noun

Newgate knocker (plural Newgate knockers)

  1. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear.

References
  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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