Afro
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a hairstyle with a lot of tight curls in a big round shape
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a hairstyle for women in which the hair is held upright in a tall round shape, popular especially in the 1960s
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a woman’s hairstyle in which the hair is cut short to an even length at the level of the chin or neck
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a hairstyle in which a woman’s hair is tied in a tight round ball at the back of or on top of her head
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a girl’s or woman’s hairstyle in which the hair is tied together in two parts on either side of her head
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twisted lengths of hair that hang down to someone’s shoulders, worn especially by Rastafarians
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a hairstyle in which the hair on both sides of the head is cut off, leaving a line of hair in the middle that sticks straight up
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a hairstyle for men in which the hair is cut very short all over using a piece of electrical equipment called hair clippers. A number one is slightly shorter than a number two.
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a length of hair formed by twisting three separate lengths of hair over each other, worn either behind or at the sides of the head
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a length of hair formed by twisting three separate lengths over each other, worn especially by women and girls. The usual American word is braid
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a pudding basin hairstyle looks as though someone has put a bowl on their head and cut round it
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the top part of the head of a monk (=a member of a religious group of men) where the hair has been removed by shaving
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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