en brosse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French en brosse (“crew cut”).

Adverb

en brosse (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Of the hair: closely cropped so that the hairs stick upward, like the short bristles of a brush; in a crew cut.
    • 1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 4, in Diamonds Are Forever:
      He had a very square face whose sharp angles were accentuated by short, wiry black hair, cut en brosse and without side-whiskers.

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