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- noun Plural form of
bristle . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bristle .
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Examples
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Occasionally hairdressers have nibbled around the edges of my scalp with a straight razor, but now it's a comfortable stroking of the blade against my skin, separating off the bristles from the follicles, looking clean, feeling smooth.
Sensual pleasure: being shaved nwhyte 2009
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Hard Copy snorts and bristles, which is what I expect.
King of the Cowboys Ty Murray 2003
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The wand is very similar to the original LashBlast but the bristles are a tad longer.
Product Girl Laurie 2010
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This brush is pretty similar to the brush of the Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara, except here the bristles are a bit thinner and longer, and it is narrow in the middle.
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The wand is very similar to the original LashBlast but the bristles are a tad longer.
Product Girl Laurie 2010
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On the one hand they have a tendency to look to the right if I'm reading the topography right, but they also tend to clump to the black "bristles".
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Not the curling irons; these had 'bristles', meant to create curls and waves as it passed through the hair.
Christmas Pics Molly Daniels 2009
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Not the curling irons; these had 'bristles', meant to create curls and waves as it passed through the hair.
Archive 2009-12-01 Molly Daniels 2009
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Moreover, he "bristles" when he hears that people like us think he doesn't care.
12/29/2007 2007
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Moreover, he "bristles" when he hears that people like us think he doesn't care.
Washington Post - Managed by slightly trained chimpanzees? 2007
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