shampoo
verb (used with object)
to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
had been shampooing
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past perfect progressiveof shampoo.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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While they were discussing the point, there entered the non-commissioned officer whom Firouz Ali had been shampooing at the time of Burnet's arrival at the shop some days before.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Herbert Strang
