What does let one's short back and sides down mean?

let one's short back and sides down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

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Informal

"It's on the way home that they let their hair down.' Well, only as much as you can let short-back-and-sides down."
"Even a military man, though, can let his short back and sides down when national pride is to be celebrated."
"I'd like to see chef Shaun let his short back-and-sides down and serve that sauce over a rolled, braised veal breast, or a veal cheek (there's a pig's cheek on the 10 course menu)."

lets one's short back and sides down (present, singular) letting one's short back and sides down (participle, present)

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