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ˈlong-hair, n.
Also longhair.
[f. long a.1 + hair n.]
1. A cat with long fur. Also attrib.
1893J. Jennings Domestic or Fancy Cats ii. 6 The several varieties which range under Long-hair embrace Persian, Angora, Chinese, Indian, French, and Russian. 1935E. B. Simmons Cats xxviii. 143 The long-hair standard demands a body that is low on the legs. 1948P. M. Soderberg Cat Breeding 78 Long-hairs need constant attention from the brush. 1958Listener 28 Aug. 298/2 Pedigree cats are divided into two categories: long-hairs and short-hairs. 1972M. Babson Murder on Show viii. 94, I was in the Cream and Blue-Cream Longhair aisle, cheering the lot of a lonely little Cream Longhair.
2. a. A ‘brainy’ person, an æsthete, an intellectual; also, a devotee of classical (as opp. to popular) music. (Freq. used contemptuously.) Also attrib.
1920S. Lewis Main St. xxiii. 281 I'm surprised to find you talking like a New York Russian Jew, or one of these long-hairs! 1930E. Ferber Cimarron xxiv. 378 These were the reformers—the long-hairs—fanatics. 1936Amer. Mercury XXXVIII. x/2 Long hair, a symphony man. 1938Manch. Guardian Weekly 2 Sept. 188/4 Very few [swing players] are ‘long hairs’ (people who like classical music). 1950Blesh & Janis They all played Ragtime (1958) x. 208 Victor has withheld the records..because of fear of insulting the long-hairs. 1955R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (ed. 3) xiii. 314 One can understand why Scott Joplin..could praise ragtime..and could heap fiery denunciation on its ‘long-hair’ detractors. 1957O. Nash You can't get there from Here 84 So what do you want on yours—a lot of pinko longhairs, or red-blooded athletes and drum majorettes? 1958Osborne & Creighton Epitaph G. Dillon ii. 57 Intense students, incompetent longhairs, and rather flashy deadbeats. 1960‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit xvi. 192 All those longhairs advising us. 1967Listener 16 Feb. 236/3 He planned to become a ‘long hair’ musician... He wanted to be a composer of symphonies.
b. A hippie, a beatnik.
1969Rolling Stone 17 May 6/1 Would hippies and long⁓hairs sit on the youth commission? 1972Last Whole Earth Catalog (Portola Inst.) 215/1 Long-hairs are doing new stuff with their bodies and nervous systems that occasionally needs medical attention or perspective. 1972‘R. Llewellyn’ Night is Child (1974) i. 13 The noise of the band, a group of longhairs in..girlish duds, velvets, silks and falderals. |