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chignon

noun as in hairdo

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Dotty was giving an extra touch to her chignon, and Prudy trying on her cap.

The latter wore no covering on their rich, shining hair, twisted into a kind of Greek chignon.

Of course I could not continue to wear my hair la pigtail, and that went up in the then fashionable chignon.

She wore an imperceptible hat, balanced on an immense pyramidal chignon, from which escaped a torrent of wavy hair.

The women wind theirs in a peculiar knot, in about the position of the French chignon.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chignon, such as: bun, knot, and twist.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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