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a person whose business is cutting, curling, colouring and arranging hair, esp that of women
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a hairdresser's establishment
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So, we created a character named Tommy Tomlin — another hairdresser and longtime friend of Mickey’s who Valerie hires to step in and take Mickey’s place and be the hairdresser on her new AI-written sitcom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Once, after a worker dyed her hair blonde, she rushed back to the hairdresser to make it black again, worried she would look out of place at the company, the worker said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He worked in Munich as a hairdresser and had a child.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Genesis Ramirez, 34, a hairdresser, was looking for her nieces in the wreckage of one building.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
I can’t decide if she had pissed off her hairdresser or is morphing into a monarch butterfly.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
This includes restaurant workers like bartenders, wait staff and dishwashers; hospitality workers including concierges and housekeeping staff; as well as tour guides, personal trainers and hairdressers.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
Employees and self-employed workers may deduct qualified tips they received in jobs that the IRS deems as “customarily and regularly receiving tips,” ranging from parking and valet attendants to hairdressers to plumbers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
She once had such a lush mane that her hairdressers complained about it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
As well as the cafe, Tarves features businesses such as a pub, a local shop, a chemist, and hairdressers.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Over the years she had given herself freely to bridge, African violets, Susan and Sandra, golf, Miami, Fanny Hurst and Hemingway, correspondence courses, hairdressers, the sun, gourmet foods, ballroom dancing, and, in recent years.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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