bun
Example Sentences
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The image of Mom twisting her hair into a neat bun while wearing an orange jumpsuit makes me want to hurl.
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Her deep auburn hair was pulled up in an elegant ballerina bun.
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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.
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She’s around my age, with two pencils sticking from a bun of reddish-blond hair.
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