Meanings
locken1
comparative more locken · superlative most locken · alternative lucken
- Webbed (of hands or toes).
locken fingers
- Stingy, tight-fisted.
The locken hands do not give much.
- Knit (of brows), also close-set, contracted.
She stood there stock-still, her brows locken.
1 more example
A leering eye and locken brows, / And large Mongolian mouth and nose.
1852, Alex Harper, Fruits of Solitary Hours
Locken2
Origin
- GermanLöcken
- NorwegianLøkken
- EnglishLocken
Probably an Americanized spelling of Norwegian Løkken or German Löcken.
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Cite this entry
locken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locken
“locken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locken. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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