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单词 longhair
释义 longhair
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: back-formation from long-haired
1.
 a. : a man who wears his hair long
 b. : an American Indian (as a Navaho) who has not attended school
  < the longhairs of the Southwest, if sometimes rejected for illiteracy, are sought to man jackhammers and bulldozers — Elizabeth S. Sergeant >
2.
 a. : an artistically gifted person or one seriously interested in any of the arts; especially : a composer, performer, or lover of classical music
  < the great and the unknown who make music in Manhattan go there — from longhairs to hot pianists, drummers, and vibraharpists — Newsweek >
 b. : an impractical or unworldly intellectual : a scholar remote from everyday life
  < described the younger writers as lugubrious and timid longhairs huddling in chill academies — Irving Howe >
  < problems the hard-boiled businessmen seem willing to leave to the longhairs — H.A.Wolff >
  < books are for women and longhairs — Ellery Queen >
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