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hipsters

British  
/ ˈhɪpstəz /

plural noun

  1. Usual US word: hip-huggers. trousers cut so that the top encircles the hips

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ambrositsch, for example, is proud that her heuriger brings together "19-year-old hipsters and 91-year-old widows" at the same table.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

“I would call them the hipsters of their time,” MacAllen says.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026

In his loopy 1957 essay on hipsters, Norman Mailer talked about the “psychic havoc” of living under the threat of nuclear annihilation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

The challenge for Democrats is that the district doesn’t just resemble Behn’s Nashville-based turf that features hipsters rolling their eyes at bachelorette parties cavorting on pedal bars.

From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025

A couple of hipsters, I thought, just as they spoke.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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