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hairspray

/ ˈhɛəˌspreɪ /

noun

  1. Also called: hair lacquera fixative solution sprayed onto the hair to keep a hairstyle in shape

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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She said she misses being able to spray her deodorant or hairspray because of the damage to her hands.

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One of those games involved a can of hairspray from a joke shop, when the then-20-year-old dyed his hair green for Norwich's game with fierce rivals Ipswich in 1996.

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The “Pulp Fiction” and “Hairspray” star on Instagram shared a closer look at his Danny Zuko-inspired styling and posted a video of him reuniting with co-stars Didi Conn, Barry Pearl, Michael Tucci, Kelly Ward and “Grease” filmmaker Randal Kleiser.

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Adam Spiegel, behind shows including Hairspray and The Mousetrap, was required to rebuild his home after a lengthy planning dispute when the property was built larger than the approved designs, costing him millions of pounds to rectify the problems.

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But he also did theater, including turns on Broadway as Edna Turnblad in “Hairspray,” as Yvan in Yasmina Reza’s “Art” and as Santa in the musical adaptation of “Elf.”

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