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showing hair

Showing hair, to show hair: verb meaning to exhibit courage and/or expertise under pressure. Originally this was surfer and biker lingo from the mid-20th century, and relates to the era when it took a certain amount of daring for a man to wear his hair long.
'Nick's all talk. You'll never see him showing hair.'
by anarcissie August 9, 2013
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