chignon
Example Sentences
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Delicate of frame and strong of stamina, with thick eyeglasses and long corn-silk hair pulled into a chignon, she resembled an unlikely hybrid of the poet Marianne Moore and the golden-age movie star Loretta Young.
From New York Times
Her blond hair was usually ironed straight or pulled back into a messy chignon.
From Los Angeles Times
Gone were her signature black turtlenecks and black slacks; gone the bright red lipstick and blond hair ironed straight as a board or pulled into a chignon.
From New York Times
“Undone chignon” is exactly what Trump’s hair looks like.
From New York Times
The scar is shaped like a spiral, a snail, which is a direct homage to Madeleine's chignon in "Vertigo," which is also shaped like a snail.
From Salon
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