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n. - Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days; Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.

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  • I definitely think stubble is the way to go for him.
  • Cary Grant with two week’s worth of stubble is a drunken bum.
  • And I will scatter them as stubble, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.
  • The way you’d be covered in stubble and unwashed to the point where you can smell your own skin.
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