- a variation of hair spray.
hairspray
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And investors won’t have to devote as much of their profits to hairspray.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
He tells her to dye her hair to match his jet-black hair, held together with hairspray and shoe polish.
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2023
The group recommends using a coat of hairspray to “seal the color and keep the dye from bleeding” into the potatoes, whose skins are more absorbent than eggshells.
From Washington Times • Apr. 5, 2023
Two hundred cans of hairspray later, the Palace transformed into a hot spot for the New Romantic movement, and was voted Europe's best nightclub in 1983.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2022
When Ms. Morales came to pick up the three Greystone kids at the end of the school day, she was wearing a lot of makeup and hairspray.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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