pompadour
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
pompadour (plural pompadours)
- A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
- A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
- A crimson or pink colour.
- 1812, George Shaw, James Francis Stephens, General Zoology: pt. 1. Aves (page 409)
- […] head, neck, and whole under parts fine but very deep crimson or pompadour-colour […]
- 1812, George Shaw, James Francis Stephens, General Zoology: pt. 1. Aves (page 409)
- A corsage with low square neck.
- A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
- French: banane
pompadour (pompadours, present participle pompadouring; past and past participle pompadoured)
- To style hair into a pompadour
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