short hairs
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of short hairs
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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If I put my hair up, he tries to go for the small short hairs at the nape of my neck, which moves from annoying to painful.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2019
Cohen, for his part, noted the opposition's mastery of "the snidey things, the spitting and pulling the short hairs on your neck, pulling your ear".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2010
As Senator Johnson, leader of the majority, he ruled at the center of a web woven of short hairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The show raises a few questions about paranoia and social prejudice, but unlike the brooding Six Feet Under, it mainly wants to raise the short hairs on the back of your neck.
From Time Magazine Archive
The knobs on our dressers were whittled down to damp stumps, and our beds were matted with fine, short hairs.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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