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peach fuzz

[peech fuhz] / ˈpitʃ ˌfʌz /
NOUN
five o'clock shadow
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He’s like Clark Kent with peach fuzz: tall, slender, soft-spoken, favoring khakis and long-sleeved shirts and more earnest than a Peace Corps volunteer.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2024

The selection of peach fuzz as 2024’s Color of the Year may not have resounding implications for Luttrell in the Feather Identification Lab, it remains a key part of her work in identifying species.

From National Geographic • Dec. 7, 2023

Recalling his earliest encounter with Dylan, Elliott described him as “a nifty little kid with peach fuzz, he couldn’t shave yet.”

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022

Those who could sprout peach fuzz were trusted to keep it in check, and they were given, of all things, a blade in order to do it.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2019

Milez nervously rubs the peach fuzz on his chin.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas