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bowl cut

American  
[bohl kuht] / ˈboʊl ˌkʌt /
Also bowl haircut

noun

bowl cuts plural
  1. a hairstyle in which the bangs are combed down straight on the forehead and form a continuous line with the rest of the hair, with no sharp angles or layering, so that the hair is all of about the same length and looks as if a bowl had been placed on the head and the hair cut around the edge of the bowl.


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Then again, having spent three seasons in a bowl cut, almost any role would have felt chic by comparison.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2024

Cameron, in a bowl cut and dark eyelashes, plays a fun-loving sort of “Cabaret” Sally Bowles, while Burgess is a fabulously sarcastic narrator, like the Leading Player from “Pippin.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 3, 2023

I love going out and seeing what these younger kids are wearing, like True Religions with Jordans and a bowl cut.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2022

This CIA agent was older than the first, with a silver bowl cut and full beard.

From Slate Dec. 16, 2020

“We’ll take care of your baby!” yells a skinny woman with a bowl cut and crooked teeth.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

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