short hairs
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of short hairs
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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A sinking economy, like an anchor on their short hairs, forced the men who own and operate heavy-duty diesel rigs to remember the simple circuitry of their machines: If you turn the key to off, a truck won’t move.
From Slate
If I put my hair up, he tries to go for the small short hairs at the nape of my neck, which moves from annoying to painful.
From Slate
Poor Michael Flynn, they twisted these people, they got them in the perjury trap, they had them by the short hairs, got them to cooperate, and guess what?
From Fox News
I smile at her and touch her face, pulling the short hairs out and killing the roots of them.
From Literature
“And she just kind of looked at me and grabbed me by the short hairs and said, ‘Fight for me, fight for our kids, and fight for the people that love you.’
From Washington Post
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