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Fuzz

noun

Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. Synonyms: hair, tomentum.

Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. Synonyms: bull, cop, copper, pig.

A hazy or indistinct representation. Synonym: blur. "He tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

The first beard of an adolescent boy.

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"Fuzz" Quotes from Famous Books

... devil of vanity. Annabel has not half the points I have. When the men are around her I laugh to think I shall be fine and firm as a statue when she is a mass of wrinkles and a wisp of fuzz. When she is a mass of wrinkles and a wisp of fuzz she will be riper and tenderer inside. But will the men see that? No. They will be off after a fresher Annabel. So much for men. On the other hand, I had but a few months of luxury, and may ...

— Lazarre • Mary Hartwell Catherwood

... girls implored me to write to them, and it's too big an order. No, my dear Fuzz, I shall have no time to tell you how busy I am. Here we part, and we must leave it to fate or good fortune when we meet again. Bless you, my infant! Perk up, and ...

— Tom and Some Other Girls - A Public School Story • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... yellow fuzz of a head and this pinky peach of a face is like anybody in the world except Patty Farnsworth, I'll give up! Why, she's the image of you,—except when she makes these ...

— Patty and Azalea • Carolyn Wells

... and on this the limping man was placed. Grandma Padgett emptied her coals on the hearth and surveyed him. He had a red face and bashful eyes, and while the top of his head was quite bald, he had a half-circle of fuzz extending around his face from ear to ear. He wore a roundabout and trousers, and shoes with copper toes. His hands were fat and dimpled as well as freckled. Altogether, he had the appearance of a hugely overgrown boy, ducking his head shyly while ...

— Old Caravan Days • Mary Hartwell Catherwood

... best days as a child? No! You are seeing your worst days. Of course, you can be happy as a child. A boy can be happy with fuzz on his upper lip, but he'll be happier when his lip feels more like mine like a piece of sandpaper. There are chapters of happiness ...

— The University of Hard Knocks • Ralph Parlette

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