What does brilliantine mean?
Brilliantine means A hair pomade, making the hair shine brilliantly..
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/ˈbrɪl.jən.tiːn/ · noun
A hair pomade, making the hair shine brilliantly..
The hairdresser's shop was warm and glittering. It smelled of soap and burnt paper and wallflower brilliantine.
"I wouldn't regret it," said Linda, "if I took Eileen by the shoulders and shook her till I shook the rouge off her cheek, and the brilliantine off her hair, and a million mean little subterfuges out of her soul.
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And the waiter, of course, dips his fingers into the gravy—his nasty, greasy fingers which he is for ever running through his brilliantined hair.
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Brilliantine means A hair pomade, making the hair shine brilliantly..
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The hairdresser's shop was warm and glittering. It smelled of soap and burnt paper and wallflower brilliantine.
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