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crew cut
crew cut
A closely cropped haircut, usually for a male, as in The boys all think crew cuts are cooler in summer. This term presumably originated in the navy ( crew referring to a ship's crew), where such a haircut was mandatory. [c. 1940]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Bogomil | | - | Bulgarian, Macedonian |
| Elouise | | EL-o-eez, el-o-EEZ | English |
| Jennifer | | JEN-i-fər (English) | English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish |
| Zuberi | | - | Eastern African, Swahili |
| Unn | | - | Norwegian |
| Miriam | | MIR-ee-əm (English) | Hebrew, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |