short hairs

noun(used with a plural verb)Slang.

Origin of short hairs

First recorded in 1925–30

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The creature was covered with short hairs, and had a pair of nipper-like jaws, with which he could inflict an ugly wound.
A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
As he reached for his sword, this ceased and he heard a strange slobbering mouthing that prickled the short hairs on his scalp.
The Devil in Iron | Robert E. Howard
In a word, between fetching Britomart and not fetching her, Amory had her husband by the short hairs.
Gray youth | Oliver Onions
A fine comb will further straighten the hairs, but it will also remove the snarled, tangled, short hairs.
Textiles | William H. Dooley
Each pair is armed with a spur, and fringed with very short hairs, which serve the purpose of brushes.
The Insect World | Louis Figuier

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