Meanings
plural pixie cuts
- A women's hairstyle, generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top.
Whether your hair covers your head in short curls, a pert pixie cut, smooth braids, or a long bob, do yourself a good turn by finding the styles which are most becoming to you.
1955, Adah Broadbent, Teen-Age Glamor, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, page 591 more example
Shoulder-length, curled hair was ideal, although some women would wear braids tied with rubber bands for the games. Pixie cuts for women were still at least a decade away […]
2010, Mary Beth Klatt, Chicago's Fashion History: 1865–1945, page 111Synonyms: pixie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA women's hairstyle, generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top.
Origin
From traditional depictions of mythological pixies. First popularized in the 1950s by Audrey Hepburn and later by Jean Seberg.
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