Sailors with cute, short hairdo (4,3)
I believe the answer is:
crew cut
'hairdo' is the definition.
(crew cut is a kind of hairdo)
'sailors with cute short' is the wordplay.
'sailors' becomes 'crew' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'cute' with its final letter removed is 'cut'.
'crew'+'cut'='CREW-CUT'
(Other definitions for crew cut that I've seen before include "Crop" , "Distressing" , "Very short hairstyle" , "barbering job?" , "reduced cover above" .)