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  • His family narrative and science background, even his close-shaved head, differentiated him from his colleagues.

    Rescue Was Sold Softly to the Street Heidi Moore 2008

  • Pet and the Barking Butcher, which has been before mentioned — a venerable bristly warrior, with a little close-shaved grey head, with a silk nightcap, a red face and nose, and a great dyed moustache.

    Vanity Fair 2006

  • Some pants have belts and some have not; some have buttons and others do not; some zip and snap, some fold and tie, and some, even if they appear tight to the inexperienced eye, roll down easily as stockings off a close-shaved leg. Stevie let his fingers learn the nature of his pants each time, even if he had taken off the same pair every hour for a month.

    The Best American Erotica 2006 Edited by Susie Bright 2006

  • Some pants have belts and some have not; some have buttons and others do not; some zip and snap, some fold and tie, and some, even if they appear tight to the inexperienced eye, roll down easily as stockings off a close-shaved leg. Stevie let his fingers learn the nature of his pants each time, even if he had taken off the same pair every hour for a month.

    The Best American Erotica 2006 Edited by Susie Bright 2006

  • His blond hair was cut so short that light reflected off his scalp; in fact, lights seemed to reflect all over his lean, close-shaved, scrubbed, smiling face.

    Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

  • His blond hair was cut so short that light reflected off his scalp; in fact, lights seemed to reflect all over his lean, close-shaved, scrubbed, smiling face.

    Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

  • His blond hair was cut so short that light reflected off his scalp; in fact, lights seemed to reflect all over his lean, close-shaved, scrubbed, smiling face.

    Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

  • His blond hair was cut so short that light reflected off his scalp; in fact, lights seemed to reflect all over his lean, close-shaved, scrubbed, smiling face.

    Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988

  • There was a knock at the door and Lucas appeared, looking as fresh as a daisy, close-shaved, with some talcum powder below one ear.

    Maigret in Society Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989 1962

  • We have already alluded to the grotesque appearance of an infant a few months old, with close-shaved head, and pigtail two inches long, tied up with a gay ribbon.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

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