Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brush for the hair.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A brush for dressing and smoothing the hair.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
brush used inhair care for brushing, tidying, anddetangling hair
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a brush used to groom a person's hair
Etymologies
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Examples
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Near her hairbrush is a bottle of hand sanitiser and we have to spray this on both our hands (“Like at school.”)
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Near her hairbrush is a bottle of hand sanitiser and we have to spray this on both our hands (“Like at school.”)
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"Those were the days when your hairbrush was an extension of your hand," he said.
Another Illinois Governor Goes to Jail Roger Simon 2011
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"Those were the days when your hairbrush was an extension of your hand," he said.
Another Illinois Governor Goes to Jail Roger Simon 2011
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You won't be able to resist the urge to sing along pretending your hairbrush is a microphone.
They sing, you sing, let's all sing! Post 2010
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My hairbrush was my microphone and I used to spend hours perfecting the movements and gestures I’d seen on Top of the Pops with an imaginary audience around me.
The Woman I Was Born to Be Susan Boyle 2010
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"hairbrush," the "lemon bomb," the "cricket ball," and the "policeman's truncheon" were the most important of these, all of them so-called because of their resemblance to the articles for which they were named.
Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army James Norman Hall 1919
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Luckily, I had a gift for him as well—a new silver engraved hairbrush.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Here, the empty bed, its metal rail, its buttons, a bell, perfume gone bronze in its bottle, her hairbrush, her paintings.
Release JP Reese 2011
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(Soundbite of song, "Tempted By the Fruit of Another") SQUEEZE (Musicians): (Singing) I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for my face, pajamas, a hairbrush, new shoes and a case.
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