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hairspray

British

/ ˈhɛəˌspreɪ /

noun

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

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The success of “The Sound of Music Live” begat “Peter Pan Live!” in 2014, which begat “The Wiz Live!” in 2015, which begat “Hairspray Live!” in 2016.

From Salon

I can tell you which of those movies I’d rather watch again, and it’s not the one where she plays a white savior mother with an addiction to hairspray.

From Salon

Next, he thought he would try the hairspray.

From Literature

If it was your cat, you would probably try to clean it up a little, but you probably wouldn’t whitewash it and then spray it with super.super-hold hairspray, which is what the Herdmans did.

From Literature

She also played Little Inez in the first national tour of the musical “Hairspray.”

From Los Angeles Times

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