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hair-knots

hair-knots is the plural of hair-knot.

Meaning of hair-knot

Noun

hair-knot (plural hair-knots)

  1. A styled, knot-shaped, bun of twisted hair.
    • The only ornaments of the women are earrings and necklaces, which they arrange in various tasteful ways. The ends of a necklace are often attached to the earrings, and then looped on to the hair-knot behind.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 254

Questions about hair-knots

What is hair-knots the plural of?
Hair-knots is the plural of hair-knot.

Words near hair-knots in the dictionary

  1. hair-dryer
  2. hair-dryers
  3. hair-grip
  4. hair-grips
  5. hair-knot
  6. hair-knots
  7. hair-like
  8. hair-net
  9. hair-nets
  10. hair-on-fire
  11. hair-pipe

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