Definition of CREW CUT

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Recent Examples on the Web Call it dapper: Mr. Schreiber, 64, wears his hair in a crew cut and is rarely seen without a coat and tie. — New York Times, "She Sang. So Did His Heart.," 29 Nov. 2019 Homeowners, city public works departments and PG&E crews cut back flammable vegetation, especially around power lines. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "Bay Area’s wild week: What we learned from fires, outages and evacuations," 3 Nov. 2019 The face of the FBI's agent force is changing, too, moving away from the stereotypical white male military veteran or former accountant with a crew cut. — NBC News, "FBI agent applications up sharply, along with job satisfaction," 16 Aug. 2019 His security detail — men with crew cuts, colorful batik shirts and black pants — seemed relaxed despite the unpredictable nature of the walkabouts. — Washington Post, "AP Interview: Indonesia’s Widodo to push unpopular reforms," 27 July 2019 There was the teenage barman Mikey Reilly with his pink cheeks and sawdust crew cut. — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, "The Alps," 22 July 2019 Punk and profane in her writing and her life, Acker was voracious and shape-shifting, rebellious and disruptive, and fiercely adamant (with her tattoos, piercings and signature crew cut) about the awkward and tender toughness of being embodied. — Kathleen Rooney, New York Times, "Three Literary Critics Who Engage With Their Subjects, Unconventionally," 27 Apr. 2018 His hair was styled into cornrows at the top and a crew cut on the side. — Ronald Blum, The Seattle Times, "Manny the Masher, Manny the Miscreant & Macho Manny," 23 Oct. 2018 That distinction belongs to Shinobu Fukushima, whose dark crew cut and agility in the crease cloak his age. — Ben Shpigel, New York Times, "At the Paralympics, Sled Hockey Is Not Necessarily a Young Man’s Game," 12 Mar. 2018

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“Crew cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crew%20cut. Accessed 25 Feb. 2020.

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