Castle bob

noun

Castle bob

noun

Etymology Named for Irene Castle (1893–1969), American dancer and actress, who popularised it.

1

A women's hairstyle of the 1920s, with the hair cut to medium-short length with a fringe at the front.

  • Gretchen was from Texas, blue-eyed, and her blond hair was cut like Caresse's, in a Castle bob, short, with bangs.1976, Geoffrey Wolff, Black Sun, New York Review of Books, published 2003, page 156:

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