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Chignon

noun
1.
A roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck.





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"Chignon" Quotes from Famous Books



... blue poplin dress, a pink sash, a scarlet bow, and a green pin. The dress was half a yard too long, and she caught it up in front with some artificial flowers she found in a box. Her head she surmounted with an old chignon, which bobbed back and forth, as she ...
— Prudy Keeping House • Sophie May
... its babies at their deep bosoms, and fill the promenades with their brilliant costumes; the Valentians carpet its halls and quench its thirst with orgeat of chufas; in every street you shall see the red bonnet and sandalled feet of the Catalan; in every cafe, the shaven face and rat-tail chignon of the Majo of Andalusia. If it have no character of its own, it is a mirror where all the faces of the Peninsula may sometimes be seen. It is like the mockingbird of the West, that has no song of its own, and yet makes the woods ring with every ...
— Castilian Days • John Hay
... of chignon (dead folk's hair)— A lady, I know well, remarked, "I wish I was not forced those things to wear, But fashion must be ...
— A Leaf from the Old Forest • J. D. Cossar


Words linked to "Chignon" :   coif, hair style, coiffure, hairstyle, hairdo


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