Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A preparation used to restore the hair when it is scant.
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Examples
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Another example of serendipity is Rogaine, a hair-restorer for balding men that is sold by the Upjohn Company.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995
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“I shall make my mother buy me a hair-restorer right away.”
Growing Pains 2003
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Mme Rachel, in the middle of the nineteenth century, founded her fortunes as a beauty specialist (?) on a prescription for a hair-restorer given her by a kindly doctor.
She Stands Accused 1935
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I remember his lordship using the expression on the occasion -- he was then a business gentleman and had not yet received his title -- when a patent hair-restorer which he chanced to be promoting failed to attract the public.
My Man Jeeves 1928
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The hair-restorer was in fact a shade too powerful, and in applying it you might get more than you bargained for.
Chapter 3. Sympathetic Magic. § 2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic 1922
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The hair-restorer was in fact a shade too powerful, and in applying it you might get more than you bargained for.
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That I am to be sold a _Guide to Cambridge_ at the next meeting; that an A.E. Barrett hair-restorer is about to be placed on the market; that an offer will be made to enlarge my photograph (or Barrett's) free of charge if I buy the frame -- no, I cannot think what it can be.
Once a Week 1919
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The hair-restorer was in fact a shade too powerful, and in applying it you might get more than you bargained for.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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I see no shame in the deed: everything is worth what it can fetch, and if an adventitious value comes to attach to a signature, the author were amply justified in pocketing this legitimate supplement to the scanty rewards of his travail of soul and body -- just as he were justified, should locks of his hair come into demand, in alternating the scissors and the hair-restorer.
Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895
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It would seem he had lately invented a hair-restorer, which he had persuaded a local chemist to take up and advertise.
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