weave n.
(US black)1. clothing.
Black Jargon in White America 86: weave n. clothes; attire; dress. |
2. false hair; hair extensions; also attrib.
Flyboy in the Buttermilk (1992) 113: Adeva ain’t no fake; she’s skying a mean Cameo haircut, having rejected her record company’s entreaties that she get a weave. | ‘Adeva’ in||
Rent Boy 16: Some fart with a bad weave job. | ||
🎵 Had her hair so long it look like weave. | ‘All Falls Down’||
Sellout (2016) 101: Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your weave! | ||
Straight Dope [ebook] A hardworking mid-forties sister with a bad weave. |
In compounds
(US Und.) selling spurious cloth.
Sister of the Road (1975) 307: weave hustling — selling spurious cloth. |
In phrases
to deceive, to trick.
Third Ear n.p.: weave n. dodge; e.g. Did you see me put the weave on him? |