Meaning of Drabber | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.
2. One who associates with drabs; a wencher.
   obsolete

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Examples

“In one-step hair coloring products such as Miss⟳ Clairol, where you can combine⟳ different shades, you can add⟳ drabbers, which are ashy substances that minimize the red hues that exist⟳ in your hair. I well know⟳ him For a most insatiate drabber . He hath given, Before he spent his own⟳ estate , which was Nothing to the huge mass he's now possess'd of, A hundred pound a leap⟳”

“1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam”

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