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longhair

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1. longhair - Noun

2. longhair - Adjective

Meaning

A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie.

A person with a deep interest in the classical arts, especially music.

A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts.

A cat with hair longer than the norm.

longhair (not comparable)

(derogatory, music) Concerning or characteristic of classical music.
I would rather see a musical, but my wife, who loves longhair music, is dragging me to the symphony again.

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By selectively breeding these animals, breeders eventually produced a dog which consistently produced longhair offspring, and the longhair dachshund was born. Source: Internet

In several of his early recordings, Professor Longhair blended Afro-Cuban rhythms with rhythm and blues. Source: Internet

Another theory is that the standard longhair dachshund was developed by breeding smooth dachshunds with various land and water spaniels. Source: Internet

New Orleans musicians such as Bartholomew and Longhair incorporated Cuban instruments, as well as the clave pattern and related two-celled figures in songs such as "Carnival Day," (Bartholomew 1949) and "Mardi Gras In New Orleans" (Longhair 1949). Source: Internet

The genes thus introduced would eventually become the basis for the British Longhair ; at the time, however, any long-haired cats produced were placed into the Persian breeding program. Source: Internet

On the title track, he reminisces about the now-gentrified working-class Nashville neighborhood of his youth, while “15-25,” a look back on that rowdy decade of his life, is also a musical tribute to Professor Longhair. Source: Internet

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