hair spray
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hair spray
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Leanne recalls how back in the ‘80s she was “cute” and desirable “because I had hormones, and hair spray, and a VW bug with a pull-out cassette player.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025
It took 1,000 bundles of hair, 12 cans of hair spray, 35 tubes of hair glue and 6,250 hair clips.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2023
Like the cost of makeup and hair spray for its prime-time anchors, payments in most courtroom settlements are regarded by the IRS as an “ordinary and necessary business expense.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
Perfume bottles, hair spray and tubes of lotion crowded the top of her gold-trimmed cream dresser.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
As Dona Amelia gives us last-minute instructions, Susana fusses over me, dabbing silver eye shadow on my lids, gliding her lipstick over my lips, giving my hair a final spritz of hair spray.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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