balding, a.
[f. bald a. + -ing2.]
Going bald.
| 1938 Time 5 Dec. 12 He crams a golf cap on his balding grey head. 1941 Time 25 Aug. 43/1 Moonfaced, balding, bespectacled, Mort broods a great deal about his health. 1951 M. Dickens My Turn to make Tea v. 91 A balding man in an evening suit. 1958 Times 8 Oct. 6/5 The quintessentially balding lodger in raincoat and bowler. |