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cut with a knife and fork

cut with a knife and fork phrase: describing a sloppy or unattractive haircut.

Phrase

cut with a knife and fork

  1. (humorous) Describing a sloppy or unattractive haircut.
    • I'm not exactly spectacular at the moment with a gammy knee that sometimes lets me down and hair that looks as if it's been cut with a knife and fork.2009, Abigail Gordon, A Summer Wedding at Willowmere, page 31
    • His short hair looked as if it had been cut with a knife and fork and he had attempted to grow a goatee beard and moustache.2016, Kenneth J. Hall, The Learning Curve

Questions about cut with a knife and fork

What does cut with a knife and fork mean?
Cut with a knife and fork means describing a sloppy or unattractive haircut.
What part of speech is cut with a knife and fork?
Cut with a knife and fork is a phrase.

Words near cut with a knife and fork in the dictionary

  1. cut up nasty
  2. cut up rough
  3. cut up shapes
  4. cut up shines
  5. cut wind
  6. cut with a knife and fork
  7. cut work
  8. cut works
  9. cut-and-come-again
  10. cut-and-cover
  11. cut-and-dried

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