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pompadour

pom puh dawr

  • n  French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
  • n  a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
  • v  style women's hair in a pompadour

  • The presidency is not one of those high-profile jobs in which you can sneak by with a paisley head scarf (think Steven Van Zandt of the E Street Band) or a pompadour wig (think .
  • Stocky as a fireplug, hair teased into a luxuriant pompadour, he danced, preached, niugged, strutted and sang with a mounting intensity carefully calculated to inflame.
  • She insists there is more to him than the tyrant with the nuclear-cloud pompadour parodied around the world.
News & Articles

  • E3: Conan O'Brien weighs in on PS4 vs. Xbox One
    Conan O'Brien's familiar pompadour of red hair stood out at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center as he made a stop at the small SnailUSA booth Wednesday.
    June 13, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
  • Wow! Snooki Almost Unrecognizable In New Photo!
    Has Snooki left the leopard print and pompadour behind permanently? The former "Jersey Shore" star just posted a photo from her upcoming Annex shoot, looking almost unrecognizable. See the picture, here!... More »
    June 13, 2013 - The Atlanta Post
Quotes

  • Ed Rendell in Lancaster Newspapers (registration)
    Would I sign single-payer legislation if it came to me? Yes,Rendell said. "Would I like to wake up tomorrow and comb my hair in a pompadour? Yes. But it's not going to happen."
  • Arthur M Schlesinger Jr in USA Today
    Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. described Pecora, born in Sicily, as "swarthy and tough, with his flashing black eyes and defiant pompadour of gray-black hair."
  • Marvin Hamlisch in Seattle Times
    You can't have more fun at a show like this than invite Sha Na Na, with their leather jackets and pompadour hair and old songs,Hamlisch says. "The audience will go crazy."

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