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pomade

[po-mayd, -mahd, poh-] / pɒˈmeɪd, -ˈmɑd, poʊ- /
VERB
oil
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Suavecito pomade for me, alligator boots and a 100X gray Stetson for my dad.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Because bathing kiwis in a dressing tames their fuzz, just like pomade smooths frizzed hair on a humid day.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2021

That prison soap must be suffused with argan oil – either that or Robbins’ scalp secretes pomade, given his lustrous locks are more solid than those securing the cell doors.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2020

His thick, steel-gray hair was swept back Gatsby style and lacquered with what looked like pomade.

From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2020

I pull out the hot comb, pomade, and all my favorite hair bows.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

They walk the streets pomaded, braided, wearing strangely arranged hairdos meant to call attention to themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

A bantam alpha, gut sucked into his chest, shoulders padded out like a linebacker, hair center-parted and pomaded back; the little creep who makes nothing but takes a fee on it anyway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2020

Stefano, 9, is rocker-ready with his hair dyed red and pomaded up into a Mohawk.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2018

When he received a guest, he stood still, long arms slack, hair pomaded, a portrait of take-it-or-leave-it composure that induced his visitor to cross the room in pursuit of a handshake.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2015

The boys hung back, their pomaded hair and scrubbed faces serious, their pressed pants making them look as stiff as paper dolls.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago


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