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"My hair was black like my mother's but basically a nest of cowlicks."
I believe that a cowlick is a noun that is used to describe a knot or knots in someones hair. Lily had previously described how her hair looked awful because she didn't have a mother to brush it, so naturally, her hair would have many knots or "cowlicks" in it.
I heard my neighbor use this term to describe a piece of her son's hair that grew in a different direction than the rest of his hair making it stick up.
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