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moptop

moptop noun: synonym of Beatle cut.

Noun (1)

moptop (plural moptops)

  1. (dated) Synonym of Beatle cut.
    • While young women loved the Beatles' hair, British adults found it “unsightly, unsafe, unruly, and unclean.” Factories suspended young apprentices who dared to show up in a moptop.2022, W. David Marx, “Introduction”, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: Moptop

Moptop (plural Moptops)

  1. (colloquial, in plural) A member of the Beatles (British band).

Synonyms of moptop

Forms of moptop

pluralmoptops
alternative formmop-top
pluralMoptops

Origin of moptop

From mop + top.

A reference to their distinctive moptop hairstyles.

Questions about moptop

What does moptop mean?
Moptop means synonym of Beatle cut.
What part of speech is moptop?
Moptop is a noun.
What is the plural of moptop?
The plural of moptop is moptops.

Words near moptop in the dictionary

  1. Mopsuestia
  2. mopsy
  3. Mopsyes
  4. Mopsys
  5. Mopti
  6. moptop
  7. moptops
  8. mopungite
  9. mopup
  10. mopups
  11. mopus

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