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Definition of Hair spray
1. Noun. Toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place.
Definition of Hair spray
1. Noun. A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hair Spray
Literary usage of Hair spray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"Liberally apply the hair spray to hold the teased hair in place. If you can still
see the walls, you haven't sprayed enough. Spray more. ..."
2. Celebrate Life: A Guide for Planning All Night Alcohol & Drug-Free edited by Sharon Murphy (1992)
"Set chalk with fixative spray available in craft stores or use hair spray.
Make small hot pink or bright yellow crepe paper flowers to decorate top of the ..."
3. Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention (1989)
"... cleaning fluid, hair spray, gasoline, spray paint, and the propellant in
aerosol whipped cream can be abused as dangerous inhalants. ..."
4. Inventing a Classroom: Life in a Bilingual, Whole Language Learning Community by Kathryn F. Whitmore, Caryl G. Crowell (1994)
"... she usually wears her long brown hair in a ponytail or braid, her bangs raised
high above her face thanks to a generous application of hair spray. ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... He tosses song about, Like a girl's tangle of gold-hair, Spray-wet and shaken
out. And dark winds stand aside, Let men think of you as they may, ..."
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