单词 | blue rinse |
释义 | blue rinsen. A preparation used as a rinse, esp. on grey or white hair, so as to give a temporary blue tint or to mask yellowing; an application of this preparation. Also: hair which has been treated with this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > colouring > application of a colour Whitechapel shave1863 blue rinse1924 lowlighting1936 rinse1942 tint1979 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > colours wash1670 permanent dye1815 blondine1888 hair lightener1892 washable distemper1894 reng1901 tint1921 blue rinse1924 rinse1928 permanent tint1960 powder colour1966 toner1966 1924 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 26 Nov. 4/2 The blue rinse for white hair is made from laundry bluing and the water should be about the same tint as used for white material. 1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax x. 93 I think I'll have a blue rinse to-day. 1955 ‘Miss Read’ Village School xxii. 211 And if madam ever indulged in a blue rinse, the effect would be quite, quite electrifying. 1981 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Feb. vi. 82/1 Another French shampoo..acts as a blue rinse on the hair. 1991 A. Roddick Body & Soul iv. 102 She had a hairnet tied over her blue rinse. 2006 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 15/1 After decades of tireless service to millions of women of a certain age, the era of the blue rinse is over. CompoundsGeneral attributive. C1. With the sense ‘of, relating to, or designating elderly women (as typical users of a blue rinse)’, as blue-rinse brigade, blue-rinse set, blue-rinse vote, etc.; frequently with allusion to conservative views attributed to this group. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [adjective] old-wivish1535 anilea1624 grannamish1673 old-woman-like1721 tabby1748 old-womanish1764 old-wifelya1799 old-womanly1826 blue rinse1955 1955 C. Beaton Diary Nov. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xxi. 299 My experiences of a lecture tour on the blue-rinse circuit. 1964 Punch 28 Oct. 633/2 The blue-rinse vote went down the drain, and..the Northern liberals..went with 'em. 1977 New Yorker 3 Jan. 46/3 The Sydney Green Bans..originated in an unlikely coalition of affluent communities, led by embattled suburban matrons known as ‘the blue rinse set’. 1982 Financial Times 14 Apr. ii. 17/1 The Liberal Party: that great grey mass of middle-class small businessmen, shopkeepers,..blue-rinse ladies, widows, [etc.]. 2004 S. Hancock Two of Us xviii. 251 A truly shocking speech..which would not have looked out of place at a Nuremberg rally. The blue-rinse brigade lapped it up. C2. With the sense ‘treated with a blue rinse’, as blue rinse hair, blue rinse hairstyle, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > coloured hennaed1853 blondine1867 blondined1890 peroxided1904 blue-rinsed1936 silver blond1951 blue rinse1959 1959 Spectator 24 Sept. 394/3 Women..with bitter-sweet smiles and blue-rinse bobs. 1974 Bennington (Vermont) Banner 30 May 4/3 Looking over the well-dressed, comfortable gathering, with blue-rinse hair-dos, one has the feeling that all's well with America. 1996 M. Crichton Airframe (1997) 77 Norma sat by the door, a heavyset woman of indeterminate age, with blue-rinse hair. 2006 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 15/1 The blue rinse hairstyle became popular in Britain in the 1930s, but grew to its peak after the war. Derivatives blue-ˈrinsed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > coloured hennaed1853 blondine1867 blondined1890 peroxided1904 blue-rinsed1936 silver blond1951 blue rinse1959 1936 Canad. Poetry Mag. 1 29 Thick-necked bulls, their tails blue-rinsed and braided. 1944 Rhinelander (Wisconsin) Daily News 24 Oct. 3/1 The now retired Mrs. Frank Burk is heckled by her daughter to get her silvery hair blue-rinsed and swirled. 1968 Listener 31 Oct. 565/3 ‘Is this what you call an education?’ said a blue-rinsed Manhattan matron. 1992 D. Spoto Laurence Olivier xvii. 401 There were filthy stories aplenty and raucous, loud laughter—much to the shock of the blue-rinsed ladies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1924 |
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