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peach fuzz

[peech fuhz] / ˈpitʃ ˌfʌz /
NOUN
five o'clock shadow
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Mixed in the crowd were young applicants with peach fuzz and older men and women, hair streaked with gray.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

Pantone has announced its color of the year, peach fuzz, which highlights the hue’s coziness and comfort.

From National Geographic • Dec. 7, 2023

The young waiter — nervous, fidgeting, turning a little red under his peach fuzz — twice returned after taking our order: “Sorry, we’re out of that beer.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 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

Boys are getting peach fuzz on upper lips.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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