close-cropped
adjective
1
: clipped short
close-cropped hair
2
: having the hair clipped short
a close-cropped actor
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The two of them sit in Lucy’s bedroom, bathed in natural light, and Alice puts her arms protectively around Lucy; in another portrait, close-cropped, Alice rests her head on Lucy’s and each of them gazes with the same blue eyes directly into the lens.
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Joanna Cresswell, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2024
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Joanna Cresswell, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Close-cropped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/close-cropped. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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