hairdressing

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a toiletry for the hair
noun care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair

From hair + dressing.

This command she interpreted somewhat too literally perhaps, because she contrived in a space of two minutes an extremely pious style of hairdressing, fully as effective if not as startling as the first. — Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Everything essential had already been done; feet, hands, necks, and ears washed, perfumed, and powdered, as befits a ball; the openwork silk stockings and white satin shoes with ribbons were already on; the hairdressing was almost done. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy
‘Then tell them not to do any such absurd thing--not but that it is quite according to usage; but you are too young yet.’ This dialogue tided Cytherea safely onward through the hairdressing till the flowers and diamonds were to be placed upon the lady’s brow. — Desperate Remedies, Thomas Hardy

hair tonic, hair oil, hair grease

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