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Noun

hairdressing ‎(countable and uncountable, plural hairdressings)

1. The washing, colouring, cutting and styling of the hair; the art or trade of a hairdresser.
   • 1977, Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, Part II, chapter4:

     There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; […].

Related terms

• hairdressed
• hairdresser

Derived terms

• hairdressing salon

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