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hair fairies

hair fairies is the plural of hair fairy.

Meaning of hair fairy

Noun

hair fairy (plural hair fairies)

  1. (historical, in plural) One of a category of gay queens or proto-trans women in the 1960s and 70s who wore their hair long and teased it.
    • Most "hair-fairies" (also referred to as "street queens") use feminine pronouns and terms of reference among themselves […]1968, Roxanna Beryl Thayer Sweet, Political and Social Action in Homophile Organizations, page 79

Questions about hair fairies

What is hair fairies the plural of?
Hair fairies is the plural of hair fairy.

Words near hair fairies in the dictionary

  1. hair dyes
  2. hair elastic
  3. hair elastics
  4. hair extension
  5. hair extensions
  6. hair fairies
  7. hair fairy
  8. hair follicle
  9. hair follicle test
  10. hair follicle tests
  11. hair follicles

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