bun
Example Sentences
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Undo the tight, slicked back bun and bring in halo dyed hair, dark eyeliner and the piercing she did herself on the inside of her upper lip.
From Los Angeles Times
She folded the hanky back into a neat square, returned it, then put her hat on her head, securing it with two small pins that she removed from the back of her bun.
From Literature
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She’s around my age, with two pencils sticking from a bun of reddish-blond hair.
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A woman with her hair slicked back into a tight bun calls out, “Next!”
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I quickly put on my best dress and comb my hair into a bun.
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