brush cut

noun

Examples of brush cut in a Sentence

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Her take on Aloysius is smart and uncompromising but a bit small in crucial moments, leaving the splendid Schreiber — a strapping 6-foot-3, with a tough guy’s brush cut and a thick Bronx honk — to outman her. Jesse Green, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024 The obnoxiously eccentric Lloyd sports a bizarre brush cut and the aforementioned mustache, which Six rightly describes as a trash-stash. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2022 The suspect is described as being in his 20s, about 5-foot-9, with a dark complexion, a stocky build, a slight belly and a brush cut, officials said. Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Aug. 2019 The New York channel consists mostly of two genial middle-aged men: Pak Song Il, a husky diplomat with a gray brush cut; and his aide-de-camp, Kwon Jong Gun, who is younger and thinner. Annabelle Timsit, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2010

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brush cut was in 1945

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“Brush cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20cut. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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