coiffe
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The playwright also recalls that he was sporting a shaggy coiffe that was popular at the time, which prompted the movie star to tell him that he should get a haircut.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2014
Frizzled and coiffe, not a hair was out of order, not a speck lodged on the sleek surface of the blue coat, not a wrinkle crumpled the snowy vest, with its under-relief of delicate pink.
From Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
A little peasant girl, in a Breton coiffe, perhaps a maid-servant lately come from her native village to the great capital, passed in and knelt down.
From The Magician by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
It represents a golden brown grandmother, with a coiffe and a ruffle and a grand chain round her neck, and a ring on her forefinger, and a double-winged house in the background.
From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss
The women of Morlaix are also partial to the tight-fitting coiffe.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
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