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hairburner

hairburner noun: a hairdresser, especially a male hairdresser seen as being effeminate.

Noun

hairburner (plural hairburners)

  1. (slang) A hairdresser, especially a male hairdresser seen as being effeminate.
    • The truth was I’d met a couple of hairdressers in Long Beach at this time and decided I wanted to become a hair burner.1964, Kate Marlowe (as Kenneth Marlowe), chapter 2, in Mr. Madam: Confessions of a Male Madam, page 55
    • I’m not interested in having a ridiculous “love affair” with some hair burner and taking up “housekeeping”—I’d much rather solicit the momentary services of some stud in the bushes and finish it right there;1970, Laud Humphreys, chapter 8, in Tearoom Trade, page 149

Forms of hairburner

pluralhairburners
alternative formhair burner

Questions about hairburner

What does hairburner mean?
Hairburner means a hairdresser, especially a male hairdresser seen as being effeminate.
What part of speech is hairburner?
Hairburner is a noun.
What is the plural of hairburner?
The plural of hairburner is hairburners.

Words near hairburner in the dictionary

  1. hairbrushes
  2. hairbrushing
  3. hairbrushings
  4. hairbun
  5. hairbuns
  6. hairburner
  7. hairburners
  8. haircalf
  9. haircap
  10. haircaps
  11. haircare

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