short head
Britishnoun
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Three horses hit the finish line within inches of each other, with Subsanador coming out a short head in front of National Treasure, who finished a nose in front of Newgate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2024
That term is "brachycephalic," derived from the Greek for "short head."
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023
Whatever is going on with the play-calling situation, Judge and Patricia both used “collaborative” to describe what’s transpiring between the longtime Belichick assistants who returned to New England after short head coaching stints.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
There are also longtime assistant coaches who probably deserve to get a shot or candidates who had short head coaching stints but didn’t find sustained success.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2020
The beaver is a rodent, with a short head and broad blunt snout, and his incisor teeth are remarkably large and hard, enabling him to bite through wood with wonderful ease and rapidity.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
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