mullet

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In general, when it comes to pagination, this book is what I call a mullet - business in the front, party in the back.

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  1. noun Any of various stout-bodied, edible fishes of the family Mugilidae, found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal waters and some freshwater streams. Also called gray mullet.
  2. noun The red mullet.
  3. noun A hairstyle that is formed by cutting the hair short on the the top and sides and allowing it to grow longer in back.

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  • A mullet was a slippery, free-jumping baitfish that traveled in schools of hundreds. —  Hoot
  • They had drunk a bottle of Pouilly Fumé with their grilled red mullet, and its aroma still surrounded them. —  Maigret Hesitates—96—Georges Simenon
  • It was a pleasure hearing his stories of his times at the Haldeman House and we invite him to come back and sit a spell with all those who have roasted peacocks and fried mullet, and made their home in the paradise we now call Naples.
  • With her dishevelled Farrah Fawcett mullet, her blackened eyelids, her teeth jutting out at weird angles, skinny jeans, boots and striped top she resembles more of what you'd more expect to come crawling out of Elizabeth Shopping Centre (or an open sewer) with a cigarette packet tucked under one sleeve than anyone you'd EVER expect to headline Rocket Bar to a crowd as tragically hipster as this one. —  FasterLouder.com.au > Your Access All Areas pass to the latest in Australian rock music! News, Reviews, Photos, Forums and more
  • It goes without saying that the gang of Rove spawn running McCain's campaign are smart: evil and smart, like a mullet - good at a party, good for a campaign. —  The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public
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  1. Middle English molet, from Medieval Latin mulettus, probably from Old French mulet, from mul, from Latin mullus, from Greek mullos.

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  1. from Middle English molet, mulet, from Old French mulet, French mulet, a mullet, diminutive of mulle, from Latin mullus, the red mullet: see Mullus.
  2. Early modern English also mulet; from Middle English molette, from Old French molette, mollette. the rowel of a spur, a painter's grindstone, French molette, a rowel, = Spanish Portuguese moleta, mullet, = Italian molette, plural, pincers (cf. Italian molla, a millstone, mill-wheel, clock-wheel), from Latin mola, a millstone: see mill.
 

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