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- noun The
pulling of one's own or another'shair .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Her latest mischief is hairpulling, which isn't very amusing.
Look at the big GREEN bus! ailbhe 2006
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I always loved the idea of babywearing, but somehow my weak back and the hairpulling, shoulder biting and other realities squelched my babywearing-bliss dreams.
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CTDs see themselves as strong fathers that think being strict is an attribute -- even if it means exercising control and power over a being that is weaker than them (I know one father that reacts to his toddler son's hairpulling by violently yanking his in return) ...
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I finally have a reason to stop wiping my tears on my sleeve and to throw away all of the hair I've recently lost due to distraught hairpulling.
The Subtle Art of Form Rejections Editorial Anonymous 2009
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Clinton consistently devolves into threats, insults, power plays, and hairpulling.
Hillary's Top Fundraising Official Says There's "Risk" Of Obama Loss If She Isn't Invited To Be Veep 2009
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#14 Lex, I love the sentiment of your last paragraph and in the long-run it will be proved so however in the meantime, business will continue to be done with as much hairpulling and namecalling as possible.
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They're a day by day chronicle of newspaper clippings and records of all the phone calls and the hairpulling and the lost hours of sleep on that particular issue.
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With lots of thrusting. and spitting and hairpulling. and slapping. and tears.
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With lots of thrusting. and spitting and hairpulling. and slapping. and tears.
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With lots of thrusting. and spitting and hairpulling. and slapping. and tears.
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