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PRONUNCIATION OF ETON CROP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ETON CROP

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Eton crop is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ETON CROP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eton crop

Crop (hairstyle)

A crop is a short hairstyle worn with the hair cut very close to the head. It is frequently sported by both men and women, though the style is usually only named as a crop when sported by a woman. Men entering the armed forces in many countries have their hair cropped during Recruit Training. In the Western world, cropping the head of a prisoner was traditionally a symbol of their subjugation and a deterrent to escape.

Definition of Eton crop in the English dictionary

The definition of Eton crop in the dictionary is a short mannish hairstyle worn by women in the 1920s.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ETON CROP

Etna
etoile
Eton
Eton collar
Eton jacket
Eton mess
Etonian
etonogestrel
etouffee
etourderie
etourdi
etranger
etrenne
Etruria
Etrurian
Etruscan
ettercap
ettin
ettle
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ETON CROP

cash crop
catch crop
cover crop
crop
energy crop
food crop
intercrop
killcrop
outcrop
overcrop
riding crop
root crop
sharecrop
stonecrop
subsistence crop

Synonyms and antonyms of Eton crop in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Eton crop» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ETON CROP

Find out the translation of Eton crop to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Eton crop from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Eton crop» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伊顿公学的作物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cultivos Eton
570 millions of speakers

English

Eton crop
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ईटन फसल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إيتون المحاصيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Eton культур
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colheita Eton
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইটন ফসল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Eton culture
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanaman Eton
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eton Ernte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イートン作物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이튼 자르기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Potong Eton
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây trồng Eton
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏட்டான் பயிர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एटनचे पीक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kısa saç kesimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Eton crop
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Eton upraw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Eton культур
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Eton cultură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Eton καλλιεργειών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Eton -oes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Eton gröda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Eton crop
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Eton crop

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ETON CROP»

The term «Eton crop» is used very little and occupies the 178.682 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ETON CROP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Eton crop

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ETON CROP»

Discover the use of Eton crop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Eton crop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eton Crop
Right away she becomes an unknowing pawn in the rival criminals' plans and in the complex struggle between Harpur and his rival, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles. 'Masterly . . . there is nothing else quite like this series' The Times
Bill James, 2013
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Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History
The Eton crop, a very short bob, appeared in 1926 and 1927 and was modeled on a hairstyle that was popular with young British men. The Moana and Chesterfield were other popular cuts. Some women added spit curls, called " croche ...
Victoria Sherrow, 2006
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The Dictionary of Fashion History
Eton crop (F) Period: Mid-to-late 19205. A closely cut, boyish hairstyle worn by women, which complemented the narrow androgynous outline of 19205 fashions . Eton jacket (F) Period: 1892 to early 19005. A day bodice cut like the boy's jacket ...
Valerie Cumming, C. W. Cunnington, P. E. Cunnington, 2010
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Before the Living God
Long-legged, slim, I was an excellent runner and joined the boys in their games. Our neighbourhood abounded in children and we formed what we called 'our gang'. I had heard Mother speaking with admiration of an Eton crop she had seen .
Ruth Burrows, 2008
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War Damage
... activity all in the pursuit of the production of thousands and thousands of forgotten books. Edith Blake was waiting for her on the landing, dauntingly tall, with thick grey hair swept back in waves from her face, like an Eton crop that surprisingly ...
Elizabeth Wilson, 2009
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A Buyer's Market
... as an 'Eton crop'. This young woman might, so far as outward appearances were concerned, have passed easily on the stage for the aged king's retainer, for, although her manner was more actively combative than the Fool's, the shortness  ...
Anthony Powell, 2011
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The Canvas and the Camera in Weimar Germany: A New ...
For example, Sabine Hake writes, “Under Dix's scrutinizing gaze, von Harden becomes a caricature of the New Woman, complete with monocle and Eton crop.” Hake, “In the Mirror of Fashion,” in Women in the Metropolis: Gender and ...
Juliana D. Kreinik, 2008
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Kate Hannigan's Girl: A Novel
Certainly she was nothing to do with any of those present; she seemed alien, belonging to another social world altogether, though to what particular one he could not say. Her hair was cut in an Eton crop, and although he disliked girls with ...
Catherine Cookson, 2001
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World Within World: The Autobiography of Stephen Spender
At a luncheon party on the same day, I sat next to a girl who had an oval, child- like face, under fair hair cut almost to an Eton crop. She had nearly perfect classical features, and very brightly shining eyes, with which she gazed at me with a kind ...
Stephen Spender, 1966
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Child of the Thirties
The men are wearing their white 'flannels' and most have cigarettes between their lips. The ladies look charming with their rather lengthy white dresses and white bandeaux around the Eton crop hairstyles so popular in the nineteen- twenties.
Sheila Brook, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ETON CROP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Eton crop is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lady Mary Gets a Bob! What Her Modern Makeover Means for …
The “Finger Wave” and the “The Marcel” emerged as the wavier, more feminine versions, while the “Shingle Bob” and the “Eton Crop” (think ... «Vogue.com, Feb 15»
2
Josephine Baker: From exotic dancer to activist
Almost 40 years after her death, the Baker brand is still alive, witnessed in the Eton crop hairstyle that suits the cloche hat she made famous; ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
3
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
Boyish cuts were in vogue, especially the Bob cut, Eton crop, and Shingle bob. Finger waving was used as a means of styling. Hats were still ... «Hometown Focus, Mar 14»
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Asked & Answered: The Juliet cap veil is the bride's head, revisited
The headpiece was especially flattering with the new bobs and Eton crop hairstyles, thus was re-popularized in the 1920s and early 1930s and ... «The Province, Mar 14»
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Think you know Downton Abbey's 1920s? Take our quiz.
The Eton crop is the shortest of the 1920s bobs, a tomboy cut so named for the more foppish English boarding school boys who sported longer ... «Calgary Herald, Jan 14»
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Downton by design: Test your Roaring Twenties style savvy with our …
The Eton crop is the shortest of the 1920s bobs, a tomboy cut so-named for the more foppish English boarding school boys who sported longer ... «National Post, Jan 14»
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UK newspaper review: Focus on plight of typhoon children
It picks 19, taking in Twiggy's Eton Crop, Dusty Springfield's Beehive, David Bowie's Mullet and Jennifer Aniston's Rachel. null ... «BBC News, Nov 13»
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Ghosts of Octobers past
I got a jet black Eton Crop wig. I painted my nails a color called Vixen. Then it was the guy I made out with while wearing Vixen. Then it was all ... «Creative Loafing Tampa, Oct 13»
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1920s Hairstyles That Defined The Decade, From The Bob To …
Jazz Age icon Josephine Baker was daring enough to go even shorter with the Eton crop. Josephine Baker 1920s hairstyles. Jean Arthur «Huffington Post, Aug 13»
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Lady of the Flies: Previewing Kiss the Water
... sweater, wool skirt, tweed sports jacket and heavy army-style boots” and how “she cut her own hair in a style the British call an Eton Crop”. «Scotsman, Jun 13»

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