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aggravator|ˈægrəveɪtə(r)|
[f. aggravate v. + -or, as if a. L. *aggravātor agent-noun f. aggravāre: see aggravate a.]
1. One who, or that which, aggravates.
1598Florio, Grauatore, an aggrauator, a grieuer, a molester.
†2. slang (also in corrupt form (h)aggerawator). A greased lock of hair. Obs.
1835Dickens in Bell's Life in London 4 Oct. 1/1 His hair carefully twisted into the outer corner of each eye, till it formed a variety of that description of semi-curls, usually known as ‘haggerawators’. 1859F. Fowler Southern Lights 38 The ladies..are addicted to..strained hair, embellished with two or three C's—aggravators they call 'em—running over the temple. 1860Hotten Slang Dict., Aggerawators (corruption of Aggravators), the greasy locks of hair in vogue among costermongers and other street folk, worn twisted from the temple back towards the ear. 1861Temple Bar I. 226 The broad bull neck, and the ‘aggerawator’ curl. |