mohawk/not mohawk

[Michael Quinion]

Damien Hall wrote:

> I do note, though, that all the OED citations for 'Mohawk' (for the
> hairstyle) are from US publications. Anyone got one from outside the US?

One British newspaper archive has 32 from 2011 alone. Here's a recent one:

2012 Daily Mirror (London) 21 Jan The tough-tackling Englishman also
stands out with his mohawk haircut and popular Tweets.

Note the lower-case. A sampling of recent citations suggests this is now
standard in British newspapers.

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