touch one's forelock
English
Verb
- Alternative form of tug one's forelock
- 1905, Emma Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Chapter III,
- Mr. Hempseed, touching his forelock, was quietly vacating the seat in the hearth. Everyone was staring curiously, yet deferentially, at the foreigners.
- 1905, Emma Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Chapter III,
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