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  • noun dated A style of haircut popularized by the Beatles

Etymologies

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Examples

  • And believe me, with my moptop, that isn't much time at all.

    The Guardian World News Andy Bull 2011

  • Basically, A Hard Day's Night is the greatest work of the 'moptop' incarnation of the Beatles, the point where Lennon and McCartney began to seriously kick-arse as songwriters, the point where the band was hottest, but where everything is still vivid, exciting, energetic and fresh and still has the rough edges and blokey scouse attitude.

    feeling listless feelinglistless 2010

  • Until the boys joined in, and even Puck put an unfortunate moptop over his Mohawk.

    Matt's TV Week in Review 2011

  • Something inspired by the cartoon BEATLES and THE IMPOSSIBLES with a moptop hairstyle from THE GRUESOMES.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Patrick Owsley 2009

  • I gently push the door open and poke my head inside, expecting to see a tape recorder or some setup designed to fool me — maybe a stuffed bear wearing a moptop wig.

    John Lennon Slept Here (Or Was It Ringo?) Richard Melo 2011

  • For Elmo's moptop cousin Jesse, it's hard to even talk about the loss: Jack was her dad.

    The Muppets' Military Mission 2010

  • When the wig came off, I saw the blond moptop, the sparkling blue eyes, and I fell sideways into wow.

    A song of the past. « 2008

  • I seize the perpetrator and hurry back to the parking lot with a blond moptop whirling dervish grabbing leaves off of plants, screaming and kicking wildly in the air.

    Annie Spiegelman: Sunday Bloody Sunday (Happy Mother's Day!) 2010

  • I seize the perpetrator and hurry back to the parking lot with a blond moptop whirling dervish grabbing leaves off of plants, screaming and kicking wildly in the air.

    Annie Spiegelman: Sunday Bloody Sunday (Happy Mother's Day!) 2010

  • Shorn of his moptop and sporting granny glasses, he spends the next six weeks writing "Strawberry Fields Forever" -- and imagining life after the Beatles.

    Personal History: The 11 Moments That Made the Man 2007

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