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hairdressing

noun

Etymology

From hair + dressing.

  1. inherited from dressing,dressinge,dressynge
  2. compounded as hairdressing — “hair + dressing”

Definitions

  1. The washing, colouring, cutting and styling of the hair

    The washing, colouring, cutting and styling of the hair; the art or trade of a hairdresser.

    • There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…].

  2. present participle and gerund of hairdress

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA