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crewcut

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crew·cut or crew cut  (krkt)
n.
A closely cropped haircut.

[So called because it was worn by rowers.]


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Mark then shaved Pete's head, leaving him with a crewcut, as the band finished their set.
describes the elegant solutions that nature has devised, not only for untangling two twisted strands of DNA for replication, to make sure each progeny has one and only one whole strand of its parent, but also for keeping many bristly nucleic acids from getting so tangled that the cellular equivalent of a crewcut is required.
The young trendsetters, apparently taking after their mum Michelle, who is a favourite amongst fashion experts, chose to clad themselves in Crewcuts threads at their President-father Barack's recent swearing-in ceremony.
 
 
 
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