“Persson, thirty-three, has fixed, handsome eyes and a deep-dimpled smile that offsets his baldpate and thickening torso.”
“The baldpate gracefully glided across the shimmering lake, its distinctive white crown glistening in the morning sunlight.”
“But his thoughts refused to turn to the masterpiece that was to be born on baldpate.”
bald
(Appalachia) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.