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coiffure

[kwah-fyoor, kwa-fyr] / kwɑˈfjʊər, kwaˈfür /


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Former opposition lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, better known as Long Hair for his coiffure, once described himself as a “Marxist revolutionary”.

From BBC ● May 29, 2024

But really, hello, Barbie, played by Margot Robbie with a megawatt grin and impeccable coiffure, modeling a black-and-white swimsuit and towering over the primordial landscape on skyscraper legs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

Nézet-Séguin has given the Met a new look in his coiffure and attire.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2023

Sporting a handsome white coiffure and an inviting tone, Ciscomani spoke warmly about his immigrant parents, the price of milk and eggs, the fight against fentanyl and the accessibility of homeownership.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023

It flowered with bald-faced ladies in head-dresses which looked like crescents or cones or the astonishing coiffure worn by the Duchess in Alice in Wonderland.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Both pitchers completed their coiffures with an artificial boost this season, adding hair extensions as a means of expressing their individuality.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

At neighborhood beauty salons, the usual gaudy images of women with elaborate coiffures and heavy makeup were removed or painted over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2021

But Tracy has other plans, plans that involve sporting elaborate braided coiffures while writhing around on the Spanish Steps in a fashion-modeling frenzy.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2015

She found a hairstylist to reproduce the Caryatid coiffures and used Fairfield students as models.

From Washington Post ● May 20, 2015

The people were of all positions and persuasions, from court ladies with coiffures that rivaled their skirts in volume to rank-smelling tanners' prentices.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

La Voix, who competed in the 2024 series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, arrives at the press event in full make-up with trademark coiffured hair-do.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025

Her intricately coiffured head bends over a small pillow; we see her hands holding some small pieces of wood, but not her handiwork.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

The telegenic 52-year-old is starting to show faint streaks of gray in his coiffured hair that could turn into a pleasant presidential look when the time comes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2020

It’s been a good career and a conversation starter, with people expressing surprise at her occupation, said Jones, whose blonde hair is softly coiffured and makeup tastefully applied.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2014

At first there was something almost unfamiliar in her rather startled face, her coiffured hair, her bare neck with its collar of diamonds.

From Nobody's Man by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim




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