platinum blonden.adj.
/ˌplatᵻnəm ˈblɒnd/, /ˌplatn̩əm ˈblɒnd/, U.S. /ˌplætn̩əm ˈblɑnd/, /ˌplætnəm ˈblɑnd/ A. n.
A silvery-blonde hair colour; a person (esp. a woman) with hair of this colour.
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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > person having light
blonde1822
tow-head1829
blondie1882
strawberry blond1884
bottle blonde1898
ash-blond1903
peroxide1903
peroxide blonde1909
platinum blonde1931
1931 Daily Express 15 Oct. 19/5 (caption) Miss Binnie Barnes, who appears as a platinum blonde in ‘Cavalcade’, is seen here as a brunette. Nature gave her auburn-red hair.
1934 F. Stark Valleys of Assassins ii. 187 It was a blue stream, as vivid in that thirsty solitude as a platinum blonde in a monastery.
1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 118/1 Platinum blonde, a very fair, silvery hued colour popularized by Jean Harlow, the late curvaceous American film star.
1977 Transatlantic Rev. No. 60. 53 From ten to eleven, no one checked in except a commercial salesman with three suitcases of samples and a middle-aged gent with a platinum blonde.
2004 E. Smoodin Regarding F. Capra i. 44 He hired two ‘platinum’ blondes, and..‘turned [them] loose in the business district at a stated time on a certain day’.
B. adj.
Of a person: having silvery-blonde hair; (of hair) silvery-blonde in colour.
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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > light hair > having
white-headed1571
whitehead1577
fair-haired1598
silver-haired1678
light-haired?1746
blonde-locked1837
tow-headed1850
tow-haired1887
peroxide1899
blondie1905
straw-blond1928
platinum blonde1932
1932 Baltimore Brevities 7 Sept. 11/3 (advt.) Follies of Pleasure with Hinda Wausau Burlesque's platinum blonde queen of jazz.
1933 Brevities (N.Y.) 8 May 7/2 The reason for his visits is a platinum blonde chorine,..his wife won't be glad to learn.
1934 R. Ferguson Celebrated Sequels 264 A costly platinum-blond young man from a famous night-club.
1942 A. Christie Body in Libr. ii. 24 She had scarlet lips, blackened eyelashes, and a platinum-blonde head.
1995 Independent on Sunday 17 Sept. (Review Suppl.) 57/4 A platinum-blonde skinny girl and two boys with clubber haircuts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1931