hair spray

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noun

a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.

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Origin of hair spray

First recorded in 1955–60

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How to use hair spray in a sentence

Now, bourbon and rock and roll had gone hand in hand long before leather pants and hairspray hit the scene.
Hillbilly Heaven: The History of Small-Batch Bourbon|Dane Huckelbridge|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was able to get a few male roles around the time Hairspray (1988) found mainstream success.
A Tribute to Divine, Hollywood’s Most Infamous Drag Queen|Jimmy So|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Alas, at his peak fame and success he died of an enlarged heart, just three weeks after Hairspray was released.
A Tribute to Divine, Hollywood’s Most Infamous Drag Queen|Jimmy So|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What remains a constant: a visible beer belly and lots of hairspray.
The Turkish ‘O.C.’ and 7 More Crazy Remakes of American TV Shows|Anna Brand|September 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But on campus, one was mostly shielded from music made of a mixture of terrible hairspray and worse guitar solos.
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British Dictionary definitions for hair spray

hairspray

/ (ˈhɛəˌspreɪ) /

noun

a fixative solution sprayed onto the hair to keep a hairstyle in shapeAlso called: hair lacquer

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