Baldpate
baldhead (def 1).
the american widgeon, anas americana, having a gray head with a white crown.
historical examples
the baldpate is said to visit the rice fields of the south during the winter in considerable numbers.
birds ill-strated by color photography [february, 1898] various
yes, i’m going to spend the next few months at baldpate inn.
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i sort of feel, you know—that this is in the air at baldpate, even in the winter time.
seven keys to baldpate earl derr biggers
baldpate inn did not stand tiptoe on the misty mountain-top.
seven keys to baldpate earl derr biggers
on tiptoe the amateur hermits of baldpate descended to the hotel office.
seven keys to baldpate earl derr biggers
i happened to have a friend involved in the management of baldpate inn.
seven keys to baldpate earl derr biggers
three lone men, knowing nothing of one another, we have sought the solitude of baldpate inn at almost the same moment.
seven keys to baldpate earl derr biggers
that is why you see me on baldpate mountain this chill december morning.
seven keys to baldpate earl derr biggers
melodrama—the thing he had come to baldpate inn to forget forever—raged through that home of solitude.
seven keys to baldpate earl derr biggers
poor devil—to have had his dream of service—and then grow old on baldpate.
seven keys to baldpate earl derr biggers
noun
a person with a bald head
the american wigeon see wigeon (sense 2)
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