单词 | blue-hair |
释义 | > as lemmasblue-hair blue-hair n. North American colloquial (freq. depreciative) an elderly person, esp. a woman, as characterized by having hair treated with a blue rinse.Sometimes as a humorous surname: see quot. 1949. ΚΠ 1949 Life 20 June 90 (caption) ‘Madam Bluehair’, the math teacher who was sometimes gentle and sometimes tough but always a good sport. She used blue hair rinse. 1981 N.Y. Times 22 Nov. cn13 A musician who fits none of the molds, Mr. Glass told a reporter recently, ‘I got both the blue hairs and the pink hairs.’ His work is performed in concerts halls and disco clubs. 1990 J. Leavy Squeeze Play iii. 164 One old blue-hair even struggled up the steps with her walker. 2006 Driven Sept. 30/3 The roar emanating from the dual exhaust tips is sure to annoy blue-hairs and grey-beards. < as lemmas |
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