Meaning of Pompadour | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
2. A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
3. A crimson or pink colour.
4. A corsage with low square neck.
5. A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
6. A member of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881.
   UK, historical, slang

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Examples

“Squat and perspiring, with a low pompadour and a thin black mustache, he was inevitably disheveled by evening.”

“The Donald's strange pompadour and Hillary's strange server have eclipsed all the usual primary permutations.”

“[…] head, neck, and whole under parts fine but very deep crimson or pompadour-colour […]”

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