shoebrush
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shoebrush
Example Sentences
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Andrew Sweeney, 6ft5in and with a beard thick as a shoebrush, puts on a tattered shirt splattered with red and a fabric bag with eye-holes over his head.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2015
His black hair, cropped short, stood up like a shoebrush, and when he leaned back in his chair a roll of flesh rose above his collar.
From Simon the Jester by William John Locke
He had dropped the shoebrush and stood with one foot on the chair, his elbow on his knee, looking out of the window as if he had forgotten himself.
From One of Ours by Willa Sibert Cather
One of them, larger than the rest and with a bristling, shoebrush mustache like a sign of authority, said to the newcomer: "You're Harrigan?"
From Harrigan by Max Brand
The man with the shoebrush hair and the rolls of fat at the back of his neck?
From Simon the Jester by William John Locke
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