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HAIRSTYLES

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Afro bushy and frizzy dreadlocks Long twisted lo!s" ty#ially worn by $astafarian %en

bangs fringe ut straight aross the forehead ducktail &air ba!swe#t at the sides with a high tuft and a url at the ba!"rese%bling a du!'s tail #o#ular a%ong young %en in the

1950s

beehive #iled u# by ba!o%bing Eton crop/shingle (ro##ed short in the %anner of a shoolboy" #o#ular with wo%en inthe 1920s

bob )hort e*en ut all around the head French pleat /Frenchroll

(ylindrial roll gathered at the ba!

chignon Long hair rolled into a !not or bun at theba!

arcel !ave $egular" tight wa*es set lose to the head

cornro!s +ight #arallel braids set lose to the head"#o#ular with ,frian and ,fro-

,%erian wo%en

"oha!k/"ohican )#i!y swee# of hair down the enter of an otherwise sha*ed head

cre! cut / en brosse (ut short and standing stiffly u#right pagebo# )traight hair with the ends urled gently inward" ty#ially shoulder-length

crips +ight urls or wa*es pouf iled high in rolled #uffs" as worn by wo%en in the 18th entury

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$L%SSARY

bush# / b &i/ ad'describes hair or fur that is ver# thick

a s/uirrels bushy tail

bushy eyebrows

fri((# / fr (&i/ ad')of hair* ver# curl# and not sooth or shin#

y hair goes all frizzy if it gets rained on.

fringe HAIR /fr n d / noun +,- ) bangs an area of hair hanging o*er the forehead #art of the fae abo*e the

eyes that is ut shorter than the rest of the hair

a short fringe

fringe HAIR /fr n d / noun +,- ) bangs an area of hair hanging o*er the forehead #art of the fae abo*e the

eyes that is ut shorter than the rest of the hair

a short fringe

backcob / b.k&k / /0ko / verb +T- 12 )1S tease*to hold your hair away fro% your head and brush it towards your head with a o%b" in

order to %a!e it loo! thi!er

bob nounHAIRSTYLE /b b/ /b b/ n( #lural bobs a wo%ens hairstyle with the hair ut to ne! length all around the head

*e had:worn %y hair in a bob for ages.

bouffant ad'ective/ bu &f 3 / /0f nt/ ad'desribes a hairstyle in whih the hair is arranged in a high rounded sha#e

chignon noun/ i &n' / /0n' n/ n +,-a wo%ans hairstyle where the hair is arranged in a !not or roll at the ba! of her head

cornro! noun/ k n&r / / k rn&ro / n +,-one of %any stri#s of hair twisted together lose to the head in thin rows

+yler li!es her hair in ornrows" but braiding it ta!es a long ti%e.

cornro!verbv +T-4 5aul cornro!ed her hair&

plait noun/pl.t/ n +,- )1S usuall# braid*a length of hair or other %aterial whih is di*ided into three #arts whih are then rossed

o*er eah other in a s#eial #attern

)he usually wears her hair in a #lait:in two #laits.

cre! cut nounn +,- )also bu(( cut*a hairstyle in whih the hair is ut *ery short

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stiffl# adverbFIR" / st f&li/ advstraight and not bending

+he soldiers stood stiffly to attention.

tight ad'ectiveadverb/ta t/ ad' advheld or !e#t together fir%ly or losely

ant untie the !not - its too tight. &old on tight when we go round this orner.

crip /kr p/ verb +T-to #ress loth" #a#er" et. into s%all folds along its edges" or to #ress hair into a series of

folds using a heated de*ie

dreadlocks / dred&l ks/ /0l ks/ plural noun

a hairstyle in whih the hair hangs in long thi! twisted #iees

t!isted 6E7T / t! s&t d/ ad'bent so that the original sha#e is hanged or destroyed

a twisted tree trun!" a twisted an!le

lock HAIR /l k/ /l k/ noun( a s%all grou# of hairs" es#eially a url

+here is a lo! of ;a#oleons hair in the dis#lay abinet.

lo!s literary the hair on so%eones head< urly lo!s" flowing golden lo!s

tuft /t ft/ noun +,-a nu%ber of short #iees of es#eially hair or grass whih losely grow together or are

held together near the base

&e had a few tufts of hair on his hin" but you ould hardly all it a beard.

curl /k l/ /k l/ noun +, or 1-a #iee of hair whih grows or has been for%ed into a ur*ing sha#e" or so%ething that

is the sa%e sha#e as this

tight:loose urls

&er hair fell in urls o*er her shoulders.

!ave ,1RL HAIR /!e v/ verb +I or T-f hair wa*es" it urls slightly.

f she lea*es her hair to dry on its own" it =ust wa*es naturally.

crop ) HAIR ,1T */kr p/ /kr p/ noun( a short hair ut

)hes had a *ery short ro#.

c#lindrical /s l n&dr &k l/ ad'ha*ing the sha#e of a ylinder hollow tube

spik# ) 5%I7TE8 * / spa &ki/ ad'o*ered with s#i!es or ha*ing that a##earane

a s#i!y atus" s#i!y lea*es" s#i!y hair

pagebo# ) HAIR * / pe d &b / noun +,-

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a hairstyle" %ainly for wo%en" in whih the hair is straight and /uite short and turns

under at the ends

9uiff /k! f/ noun +,- 12 )1S popadour*a hairstyle" worn usually by %en" in whih the hair at the front of the head is brushed u#

pad ) "ATERIAL * /p.d/ noun +,-

a #iee of soft thi! loth or rubber whih is used to #rotet a #art of the body" gi*esha#e to so%ething or lean so%ething

n the 1980s" shoulder #ads were *ery fashionable in wo%ens lothes.

)he wi#ed her eye %a!e-u# off with a otton wool #ad.

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