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- noun A
beard growth visiblelate in the day on aman whose face wasclean-shaven in themorning .
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JohnChaneski commented on the word five o'clock shadow
Five o'clock shadow describes a person's face when they have just a little bit of stubble. That is, how they might look at five o'clock, after work, though they did shave that morning.
September 22, 2009