cut with a knife and fork

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cut with a knife and fork

  1. (humorous) Describing a sloppy or unattractive haircut.
    • 2009, Abigail Gordon, A Summer Wedding at Willowmere (page 31)
      I'm not exactly spectacular at the moment with a gammy knee that sometimes lets me down and hair that looks as if it's been cut with a knife and fork.
    • 2016, Kenneth J. Hall, The Learning Curve
      His short hair looked as if it had been cut with a knife and fork and he had attempted to grow a goatee beard and moustache.