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bouffant

[boo-fahnt, boo-fahnt, boo-fahn] / buˈfɑnt, ˈbu fɑnt, buˈfɑ̃ /


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Cruise ship passengers were pictured wearing blue gowns, bouffant caps, and medical face masks as they disembarked on Sunday at the port of Grandilla de Abona in Tenerife.

From BBC May 11, 2026

James Whale’s 1935 freakquel, “Bride of Frankenstein,” imagined the companion briefly alive, sporting a white-streaked, electric-shocked bouffant before being killed by the Monster moments after her genesis.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

This year, the Dominican rapper supported her friend by walking the runway in a retro bouffant and black funeral dress.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2025

Ryan Nelson renders upswept hair with precisely inked lines in his depiction of a woman that focuses on her bouffant.

From Washington Post Dec. 2, 2022

There were fashions to look at too, the new sheath dresses, the bouffant hairdos.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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