edges

Etymology

noun

  1. plural of edge
  2. (plural only, African-American Vernacular) The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs.
    i never could keep my edges and kitchen / straight / even after / supercool/straighterPerm had burned / whiteness onto my scalp 1969, Carolyn M. Rodgers, Songs of a Black Bird, For Sistuhs Wearin Straight Hair
    Her edges were thick and dry and the ends of her hair just as thirsty. 2015, Meesha Mink, All Hail the Queen: An Urban Tale

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of edge

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