chignon

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The word chignon, in the language of society, denotes that prominence of the cranium which is to be seen at the back of ladies' heads.

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  1. noun A roll or knot of hair worn at the back of the head or especially at the nape of the neck.

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  • 'Do you mean they might have meant to kill him and not Rob She usually wore her blonde hair in a chignon, but tonight it was loose; she shook her head and it fell down over her forehead, making her look younger. —  Cleary, Melissa - Dog Mystery 04 - Skull and Dog Bones
  • I pinned it into a severe chignon, ate two biscuits and a piece of cheese, and went downstairs, with Holmes at my side. —  A Monstrous Regiment of Women - Laurie R. King - Russell-Holmes 02
  • The old women in the dining room gazed approvingly at the young woman with her blond hair twisted into a soft chignon, her elegant frame encased in a sea green knit dress from Jones ; Jones. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 01] - Baltimore Blues
  • Her hair had been caught in a loose Greek chignon, artfully arranged to appear disheveled by a lover's hand. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
  • And I suddenly seized her and gave her an emphatic kiss She had her hair arranged in a pretty chignon, and the nape of her neck was extraordinarily lovely. —  MEMOIRSOFAYOUNGRAKEHELL
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  1. French, from Old French chaignon, chain, collar, nape, from Vulgar Latin *catēniō, from Latin catēna, chain.

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  1. French, a chignon, prop, the nape of the neck, from Old French chaïgnon (later also French chaínon, a link), from chaïne, French chaíne, a chain: see chain.
 

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