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Eton crop

Eton crop noun: a typically female haircut where the sides and the back are left shorter than the top of the hair and the fringe is often cut short and slicked down.

eton crop: a typically female haircut where the sides and the back are left shorter than the top of the hair...
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Noun

Eton crop (countable and uncountable, plural Eton crops)

  1. A typically female haircut where the sides and the back are left shorter than the top of the hair and the fringe is often cut short and slicked down.

Forms of Eton crop

pluralEton crops

Origin of Eton crop

Due to the former tendency for boys studying at Eton to have similar haircuts.

Questions about Eton crop

What does Eton crop mean?
Eton crop means a typically female haircut where the sides and the back are left shorter than the top of the hair and the fringe is often cut short and slicked down.
What part of speech is Eton crop?
Eton crop is a noun.
What is the plural of Eton crop?
The plural of Eton crop is Eton crops.

Words near Eton crop in the dictionary

  1. etomoxir
  2. Eton
  3. Eton blue
  4. Eton collar
  5. Eton collars
  6. Eton crop
  7. Eton jacket
  8. Eton jackets
  9. Eton mess
  10. Eton messes
  11. Eton suit

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