- a variation of hair spray.
hairspray
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They met when both were cast in the school’s production of Hairspray, one of the last public events we attended before the world shut down in 2020.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2022
Numerous Broadway shows got their start as feature films, from "The Lion King," "Little Shop of Horrors," and "Monty Python's Spamalot" to "Mean Girls," "9 to 5," and the aforementioned "Hairspray."
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021
The pandemic-delayed telecast kicked off with an energetic performance of "You Can’t Stop the Beat" from original Broadway cast members of "Hairspray!"
From Fox News • Sep. 27, 2021
"Everyone at both the London Coliseum and in the Hairspray team are so sorry that this means these performances cannot go ahead."
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2021
I was acting out a scene from Hairspray, with Feather turning in a surprisingly believable performance as Tracy Turnblad.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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