noun. A hairstyle characterized by a tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.

noun. a rounded thickly curled hairdo

"; the woman who thinks afro is short for afrodisiac, having something to do "with colored people being so highly sexed"; The Glory of the Hummingbird (New York: Popular Library, 1974), p. 103. the character who thinks "exhibitors" are "preverts"; Madder Music, p. 74. the character who thinks a penal colony is a place where male chauvinists should be incarcerated I Hear America Swinging (New York: Popular Library, 1977), p. 149."

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