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hair fairy

hair fairy noun: one of a category of gay queens or proto-trans women in the 1960s and 70s who wore their hair long and teased it.

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
    • There came a time when the role of the hair fairy was no longer enough. They wanted to be more like real women, and the logical way to do this was to dress as one.1974, Lee Rainwater, Social Problems and Public Policy: Deviance and Liberty, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 317

Forms of hair fairy

pluralhair fairies

Questions about hair fairy

What does hair fairy mean?
Hair fairy means one of a category of gay queens or proto-trans women in the 1960s and 70s who wore their hair long and teased it.
What part of speech is hair fairy?
Hair fairy is a noun.
What is the plural of hair fairy?
The plural of hair fairy is hair fairies.

Words near hair fairy in the dictionary

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

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