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Meanings of bristly hair in English

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Usage of bristly hair in English
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Lou's thin face reddened up to the roots of his bristly hair.
O Pioneers!
2
Allie collected ash in her long eyelashes and eyebrows and short, bristly hair.
The Fireman
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Oscar sat up suddenly and Lou clutched at his bristly hair.
O Pioneers!
4
Her beautiful fingers parted my thick, short, bristly hair and found the spot.
The Yeoman Adventurer
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His short bristly hair and trimmed goatee were as red as his combat fatigues.
The red pyramid
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Upon their heads grows an enormous shock of bristly hair.
The Gods of Mars
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The doctor himself was a broad-shouldered, bullet-headed man, clean shaven, with close-cropped, bristly hair.
All Roads Lead to Calvary
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His thick, bristly hair hung right over his eyes.
The Day of Wrath
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His gray, bristly hair stood up stiffly in a short, even growth all over his head.
The Financier: A Novel
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The tuft of bristly hair on the top of its head is typical of a hyena.
The Land of Painted Caves
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They had fat, heavy, chinless faces, retreating foreheads, and a scant bristly hair upon their heads.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
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Behind him the fog pressed in, and his rough, bristly hair was beaded with diamonds of moisture.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
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Under his bristly hair, his face was a study of mingled emotions which culminated in his mouth.
On the Firing Line
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No real whales: but the Manati, which is very nearly a whale, has long bristly hair left.
Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Chil...
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I easily spotted a man with coppery whiskers and bristly hair several shades darker than his beard.
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
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He had bristly hair with a sprinkling of gray, and a long scar on his sunburned neck.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
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