stubble
Stubble on a face.
Meaning
Noun
- Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
- The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
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Origin
- Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula. Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel.
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