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- noun Plural form of
hairline .
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Examples
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The use of a laser to obliterate hairlines (narrow, shallow scratches) by somewhat melting and smoothing the metal surrounding the hairlines is obviously coin doctoring.
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Everyone seems to like men with six-pack abs, but liking guys with receding hairlines is a lot rarer.
Your Daily Poll shadesong 2004
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Conversely, there was no associated link between men who had receding hairlines, which is called frontal baldness, and prostate cancer.
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"hairlines" from it, it is often the indication of some form of insanity which is likely to cause the subject to be placed under restraint in later life.
Palmistry for All Cheiro
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The husbands clutching their hands for succor, in hopes that their own bell-ends wouldn't swell like the proverbial baby's arm holding a poisonous apple and kill them from the pecker up, bore foreheads, fiveheads even, that could only be described as battlefields depicting their hairlines' loss of ground under withering fire from the pussywhipping myrmidon at their sides.
Ramona at the Funeral Thomas Pluck 2011
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Receding hairlines spur otherwise sane men to torture themselves cosmetically, often with unfortunate results.
The Shorn Identity Christina binkley 2010
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As much as I've always felt a quirky affinity with Mr. Cohen, comparing our receding hairlines wasn't the purpose of the meeting.
Seeing Doppelgänger Ralph Gardner Jr. 2012
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· 1859 NGC MS62, Very Choice Uncirculated-Brilliant white with a few very light reverse hairlines, NGC MS 62, incorrectly IMHO.
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There are hand-fulls of moments, not just one scene here or there but dozens, where we see a closeup of a character with shifting hairlines or with two shoulders.
REVIEW: Clash of the Titans « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010
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They leave no scars on the participants, and hardcore fans who can see past the receding hairlines and expanding waistlines of their heroes probably even get a nostalgic kick out of it.
Few modern sporting comebacks tend to pass Muster Kevin Mitchell 2010
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