Till I had got rid of that black hirsute horror I was not going to risk my chances of happiness.
"The Man From the Clouds"
J. Storer Clouston
As a rule, the "salt" personages who hung about the cliff, staring into the sea, came to be shaved on Saturdays, but the news on the wing prompted every man to have a clean shave that morning, and many a stalwart fisher lady regretted that she had not a hirsute excuse for visiting the shop.
"King of the Castle"
George Manville Fenn
He thrust his great hirsute head inside the room, and glaring at the mild mannered stranger, said: "D'ye want to see me?"
"Hoosier Mosaics"
Maurice Thompson