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While his eyes still read blandly he took off his hat quietly inhaling his hairoil and sent his right hand with slow grace over his brow and hair.
Ulysses 2003
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In truth, a mature man who uses hairoil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere.
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MICHAEL, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH: _ (Pours a cruse of hairoil over Bloom's head) Gaudium magnum annuntio vobis.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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While his eyes still read blandly he took off his hat quietly inhaling his hairoil and sent his right hand with slow grace over his brow and hair.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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In truth, a mature man who uses hairoil, unless medicinally, that man has probably got a quoggy spot in him somewhere.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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"The Bajaj brand is very diffused, covering everything from heaters and hairoil to insurance and financial services.
The Economic Times 2010
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