crop-haired

A bunch of thin, crop-haired youths in chav caps and knock-off trainers stared sullenly as he drove by, clocking him instinctively as a cop.

The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

The bumbling mayor and the crop-haired epitome of British celebrity culture were a reminder that the London Olympics will be more eccentric, probably funnier, and certainly more celebrity-obsessed than Beijing.

THE OLYMPIC FLAME IS OUT / SEE YOU AGAIN IN LONDON 2008

It rumbled again, and a crop-haired anaemic lad with features of the Chinese type, clad in coarse pale blue canvas, appeared together with a complicated machine, which he pushed noiselessly on little castors into the room.

When the Sleeper Wakes 2006

When media giant $1.2 billion in revenue Meredith's Chairman and CEO Bill Kerr announced he would retire on July 1 to be succeeded by COO Stephen M. Lacy, I was lunching with the company's publishing group president, Jack Griffin, a compact and crop-haired 45-year-old with a Masters in management from Yale.

Meredith's Running Man James Brady 2006

Incontinently the little kinetoscope was dropped, Graham was invited to stand in front of the machine and the tailor muttered some instructions to the crop-haired lad, who answered in guttural tones and with words Graham did not recognise.

When the Sleeper Wakes 2006

"What's up, chum?" said one of a pair of crop-haired spacers who had just turned the corner.

The Wizard Of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 2004

Our crop-haired friend, despite his ill-fitting clothes, must be an aspiring lover.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

Juana smiled at the tall, crop-haired brunette northerner.

In amber: a tale of Mexican discovery Beth 2001

Juana smiled at the tall, crop-haired brunette northerner.

In amber: a tale of Mexican discovery Beth 2001

Our crop-haired friend, despite his ill-fitting clothes, must be an aspiring lover.

The Complete Father Brown 2003