frizzed

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We see in prints, how the hair was dressed at that time,--frizzed and powdered, and piled up with silk cushions, and ribbons and flowers, till the wonder was how any head could bear such a weight.

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  1. Having the hair curled or crisped into a mass of frizzes or frizzles. Miss Rochford, a pretty but much curled and frizzed girl of the period, seized upon Ally. Mrs. Oliphant, Poor Gentleman, xxxi.

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  • Her hair was singed to an inch of frizzed, black fuzz sticking out from her scalp. —  7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  • Blond hair frizzed, making a halo around her face. —  Barr, Nevada - [Anna Pigeon 02] A Superior Death v1.0 HTML
  • Humidity is a nice, external factor to blame for shiny skin or frizzed-out hair. —  Jezebel
  • By the time I get to work, I've pretty much gotten it together only to face a day that is so busy I inevitably eat my lunch at my desk and later find that my hair is frizzed, my face is shiny and my damn eyeliner is once again smudged under that cursed right eye. —  timesunion.com: Local Breaking News
  • We see in prints, how the hair was dressed at that time,--frizzed and powdered, and piled up with silk cushions, and ribbons and flowers, till the wonder was how any head could bear such a weight. —  The Peasant and the Prince
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