bandoline

American  

[ban-dl-een, -dl-in] / ˈbæn dlˌin, -dl ɪn /

noun

1. a mucilaginous preparation made from quince seeds and used for smoothing, glossing, or waving the hair.

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bandoline British  

/ ˈbændəˌliːn /

noun

1. a glutinous hair dressing, used (esp formerly) to keep the hair in place

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Etymology

Origin of bandoline

1840–50; < French bandeau bandeau + -line < Latin linere to anoint, smear

Example Sentences

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bandoline

While she was taking her hair down out of the curl papers, and putting bandoline over her ears, she gave Mr. Hayes her opinion of surprise parties.

From Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)

Avoid grease, pomatum, bandoline, and all abominations of that kind.

From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Chavasse, Pye Henry

Perfumers, however, chiefly make bandoline from gum tragacanth, which exudes from a shrub of that name which grows plentifully in Greece and Turkey.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

"What in the world is bandoline, Mister?" asked Mrs. Blossom, who had listened with half-open mouth after the doctor called the tree sacred.

From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Optic, Oliver

With all the queer little thatched Japanese huts that always have lumps of iris on the top, which the Japanese ladies use for bandoline.

From Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Eden, Horatia K. F.