haircut
[hair-kuht]
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Origin of haircut
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Examples from the Web for haircut
Contemporary Examples
Meet the tiny tot who, armed with a juice box and the "it" haircut, is proving that kids can be stylish, too.
It was really stepping into the unknown, because it was bigger than just a haircut.
The haircut was a hit after a game-changing campaign commercial and has since been praised by President Obama.
“Jennifer texted me that she needed a haircut and told me to bring a chainsaw,” he wrote.
Jennifer Lawrence Gets ‘Chopped’; Viktor & Rolf Return to CoutureThe Fashion Beast Team
April 22, 2013
In addition to the usual austerity, they proposed a new tax or “haircut” on all Cypriot bank deposits.
The Resolution of the Cyprus Banking Collapse Paves the Way for More CrisesRobert Shapiro
April 1, 2013
Historical Examples
"Thought I gave you a haircut less than a week ago," George greeted him.
Jerry's Charge AccountHazel Hutchins Wilson
After the serious business of the haircut, a barber must have some relaxation.
The Perfect GentlemanRalph Bergengren
If he wants a shave or a haircut, the barber is in the next car.
Who was to say that the houseboater hadn't really wanted a haircut?
The Electronic Mind ReaderJohn Blaine
Later that same day he went to a barber shop for a shave and haircut.
Blue Ridge CountryJean Thomas
haircut
- the act or an instance of cutting the hair
- the style in which hair has been cut
- stock exchange slang a percentage of the value of an asset deducted to account for a possible fall in its value before it can be liquidated
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Word Origin and History for haircut
n.
also hair-cut, 1887, "act of cutting the hair," from hair (n.) + cut (n.). As "style of wearing the hair," by 1890.
The Romans began to cut the hair about A.U.C. 454, when Ticinius Maenas introduced Barbers from Sicily. Then they began to cut, curl, and perfume it. The glass was consulted as now upon rising from the barber's chair. [Rev. Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, "Encyclopædia of Antiquities," London, 1825]
Related: Haircutter; haircutting.
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