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stubbled

British  
/ ˈstʌbəld /

adjective

  1. having the stubs of stalks left after a crop has been cut and harvested

  2. having a bristly growth or surface

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They’re vicious caricatures of Richard Nixon, with his face reduced to bulging, stubbled cheeks and a tubular nose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025

He takes off across the stubbled side yard with a little hop in his step that tells me that he is relieved to be headed home at last.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2023

Kneeling, Viktor embraced what was left of his wife, one arm cradling her shoulder, his stubbled chin pressed against the grit on her face.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

Behind us was McCarron — tall, angular, stubbled — who was similarly voluble on the subject of trails.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022

We wound through the meanders that led between stubbled mud-banks in no straight or seemly course.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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