drabber
drabber noun: a hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab. Also the comparative form of drab.
Noun (1)
drabber (plural drabbers)
- A hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.
- 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...1990, Deborah Chase, The New Medically Based No-Nonsense Beauty Book, page 326
- 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.
Noun (2)
drabber (plural drabbers)
- One who associates with drabs; a wencher.
- 1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam
Also used as
drabber is also the comparative form of drab.
Forms of drabber
| plural | drabbers |
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Origin of drabber
From drab + -er (relational noun suffix).
From drab + -er (agent noun suffix).
From drab + -er (comparative suffix).
Questions about drabber
- What does drabber mean?
- Drabber means a hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.
- What part of speech is drabber?
- Drabber is a noun.
- What is the plural of drabber?
- The plural of drabber is drabbers.
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