ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Drabber

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Drabber is a noun meaning A hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.

Meaning

A hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.

More Meanings

  1. comparative form of drab: more drab
  2. (obsolete) One who associates with drabs; a wencher.

Example Sentences

1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam
In one-step hair coloring products such as Miss Clairol, where you can combine different shades, you can add drabbers, which are ashy substances that minimize the red hues that exist in your hair. I well know him For a most insatiate drabber . He hath given, Before he spent his own estate , which was Nothing to the huge mass he's now possess'd of, A hundred pound a leap

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include drabette, dabber, dyestuff, dabbing, daubster, dauber.

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