conked adj.
(US black) of hair, having been straightened; having hair that has been straightened; thus unconked, describing hair that is in its natural state.
N.Y. Age 10 May 9/5: You can get a hat to wear on your ‘konked’ down hair . | ‘Observation Post’ in||
Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive 21: Blessings on thee Little Square, / Barefoot Cat with the unconked hair. | ||
Jives of Dr. Hepcat (1989) 7: Let’s look in on a couple of of jitterbugs talking about their hair and a certain way that hair is being fixed today [...] called conked. | ||
Waiters 50: A conked-haired zoot-suiter lounging in the doorway. | ||
Corner Boy 13: Grease trailed [...] from the straight, sticky patches of his conked hair. | ||
Scene (1996) 22: The slickness of his konked head looked hard and clublike. | ||
(con. 1940s) Autobiog. (1968) 129: A wiry, brown-skinned, conked fellow [...] greeted me. | ||
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 78: Conk-haired black cotton pickers, clad in overalls that resembled Italian-tailored suits. | ||
Howard Street 85: He had his hair conked. | ||
Blind Man with a Pistol (1971) 52: One conk-haired joker [...] said offensively, ‘What mother-raping fight?’. | ||
Spook who Sat by the Door (1972) 45: All them dirty, conk-headed niggers with their African and down-home ways. | ||
Black Players 72: Tim has a round baby face, a broad-shouldered muscular six-foot frame, and an elaborate conked hairdo. | ||
Runnin’ Down Some Lines 141: It was still not uncommon to hear teenagers talking about getting their hair conked. | ||
Little Boy Blue (1995) 113: Blacks had ‘conked’ or processed hair. | ||
(con. 1966) Catch a Fire 211: Rita [...] had had her hair conked and styled for the occasion [i.e. Haile Selassie’s visit to Jamaica]. | ||
(con. 1940s) Hold Tight (1990) 145: The conked hair beneath the pomade felt coarse. | ||
High Cotton (1993) 53: It was only a matter of time before he had his hair konked and rolled up in one of those damp scarves favored by thugs on bad corners. | ||
Permanent Midnight 347: This rail-thin, fully conked young cat. | ||
Midnight Lightning 44: The [...] documentary of that performance shows Hendrix, gingerly conked hair looking like a mess of black flames, sporting a ruffled shirt. |