Beatle cut

English

Etymology

From the 1960s on, in reference to the haircut which was commonly used by the British rock band the Beatles.

Noun

Beatle cut (plural Beatle cuts)

  1. A mid-length hairstyle popularised and commonly used by the Beatles.
    • 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 67:
      One of her companions - a lanky youth with a Beatle-cut hairdo - hammered in a pin with the flat of his hand and hissed: "That's for the old man - he wouldn't let me use the car tonight."
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