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brilliantine
/ˈbrɪl.jən.tiːn/
noun 2verb 1
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4ADJ.
blue
VERB + BRILLIANTINE
bathing, suit
BRILLIANTINE + NOUN
hair, navy
PREP.
in, off
Definitions
noun
1
A hair pomade, making the hair shine brilliantly.
The hairdresser's shop was warm and glittering. It smelled of soap and burnt paper and wallflower brilliantine.
"I wouldn't regret it," said Linda, "if I took Eileen by the shoulders and shook her till I shook the rouge off her cheek, and the brilliantine off her hair, and a million mean little subterfuges out of her soul.
2
A smooth shiny, luxurious fabric, often of alpaca or vicuña.
Bathing Suit of Brilliantine in Navy Blue and Black, trimmed with white mohair braid and buttons (no bloomers). Special 3.95
verb
1
To apply brilliantine to the hair.
And the waiter, of course, dips his fingers into the gravy—his nasty, greasy fingers which he is for ever running through his brilliantined hair.
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The hairdresser's shop was warm and glittering. It smelled of soap and burnt paper and wallflower brilliantine.
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"I wouldn't regret it," said Linda, "if I took Eileen by the shoulders and shook her till I shook the rouge off her cheek, and the brilliantine off her hair, and a million mean little subterfuges out
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Bathing Suit of Brilliantine in Navy Blue and Black, trimmed with white mohair braid and buttons (no bloomers). Special 3.95
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And the waiter, of course, dips his fingers into the gravy—his nasty, greasy fingers which he is for ever running through his brilliantined hair.
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