Eton crop
Britishnoun
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At St. Anne’s, a women’s college at Oxford, he spent most of his time rowing crew and wore his hair in the Eton crop — a short and slicked-down hairstyle, popular with lesbians on campus.
From New York Times • May 10, 2022
Other popular short cuts include variations on the bowl cut, the pixie cut and the Eton crop — short at the back and topped with dyed waves.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2018
In opposing the concensus of his fellow peers, William Frederick Le- Poer-Trench, Earl of Clancarty doggerelled: "Long hair no, bobbed no go, Eton crop yah hoo, severe shingle righto."
From Time Magazine Archive
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