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up-do

British  

noun

  1. a hairstyle in which the hair is held away from the face and neck with pins or clips

"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

Etymology

Origin of up-do

C20


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Ms Ardern wore a fitted ivory dress by designer Juliette Hogan - who is reportedly a close friend of the ex-PM - and a long veil clipped onto a chignon up-do hairstyle.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2024

The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star wore her hair in her customary slicked back up-do.

From Fox News ● Oct. 9, 2021

The books’ Frizzle, drawn by illustrator Bruce Degen, has vigorous red hair that constantly escapes from a messy up-do.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2020

And his hair had a number of iterations: long and flowy curls, a natural afro, a doobie wrapped up-do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2016

Her dress was also white, with a solar plexus-baring triangle, and she wore an up-do braided as if she’d just tramped in through the mud from her role as the Baker’s Wife.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2015

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