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proto-mullet

proto-mullet is the alternative form of protomullet.

Meaning of protomullet

Noun

protomullet (plural protomullets)

  1. A mulletlike hairstyle which is shorter than a full-fledged mullet or which preceded the popularization of the mullet in the 1980s.
    • Groups of glittery girls and boys with 1960s protomullets slid past homeless people too tired to beg for money.2003 December 10, Annalee Newitz, “The high-tech black market”, in San Francisco Bay Guardian

Forms of proto-mullet

pluralproto-mullets

Questions about proto-mullet

What is proto-mullet the alternative form of?
Proto-mullet is the alternative form of protomullet.

Words near proto-mullet in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Mongolic
  2. Proto-Mongoloid
  3. Proto-Monic
  4. proto-Moon
  5. Proto-Mordvinic
  6. proto-mullet
  7. proto-mullets
  8. Proto-Munda
  9. proto-Muslim
  10. proto-Muslims
  11. Proto-Nakh

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