moptop

noun

moptop

noun

Etymology From mop + top.

1

Dated A style of haircut popularized by the Beatles.

  • While young women loved the Beatles' hair, British adults found it “unsightly, unsafe, unruly, and unclean.” Factories suspended young apprentices who dared to show up in a moptop.2022, W. David Marx, “Introduction”, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
Synonyms
mushroom cut, bowl cut

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