shaven

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Shaven heads are also an example of how hair can present individuals' very different agendas.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2012

Shaven and dressed in a clean freshly pressed suit, he looked a different man from the haggard grimy vagabond Captain Kilmeny had brought back with him three days earlier.

From The Highgrader by Hutchison, D. C.

The Figure is come "in express mission from the Jacobins," to inquire sharply, better then than later, touching certain things: "Shaven eyebrows of Volunteer Patriots, for instance?"

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Shaven heads bobbed, saffron arms pointed, voices, sharp and guttural, argued scornfully.

From Dragon's blood by Rideout, Henry Milner

Within the Sacred Walls beware The Shaven Head that boasts of Hair, For when the road attains the rail The Pilgrim's great attempt shall fail.

From The Path to Rome by Belloc, Hilaire