Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US black) a hairstyle for black hair that involves natural curls, usu. twisted or braided over months to create the effect.

2000		kinksrus.com 🌐 I’ve noticed a lot, and I do mean a LOT of middle-aged and older women going for locs. This concerns me in the sense that this is the same group of women that willfully and freely accepted the jheri curl back in the day!
2012		‘Dutch’ ? (Pronounced Que) [ebook] Egypt wore long, skinny salon locs.