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coiffeuse

American  
[kwa-fœz] / kwaˈfœz /

noun

French.
  • coiffeuses
    plural
  1. a woman who is a hairdresser.


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I often help Mother fix her hair when she's going out, and she calls me her little coiffeuse.

From A harum-scarum schoolgirl by John Campbell

She turned a reproachful glance upon the little coiffeuse.

From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

Koto had a rival at the beginning of her professional career—a woman of considerable skill as a coiffeuse, but of malignant disposition, named Jin.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn

I was the universal coiffeuse, and I dressed all the girls' heads with flowers, as I was supposed to be best up in the latest fashions.

From Station Life in New Zealand by Lady (Mary Anne) Barker

By this means, it will have the only merit its length and dulness can aspire to, that of assisting your coiffeuse to procure you six good naps of sleep.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

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