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hairbrush

[hair-bruhsh] / ˈhɛərˌbrʌʃ /


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The family prayed as McCormick’s great-grandson built a small plywood coffin that was filled with gifts and necessities for the next world, such as her granddaughter’s artwork and a hairbrush.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

She makes videos for a TikTok audience of 78,000 followers about the things she buys, which includes dupes for Ugg slippers, the Dyson AirWrap thermal hairbrush and Skims, Kim Kardashian’s slinky shapewear brand.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2023

When Bill is looking for the hairbrush, Jo is heading downstairs saying she wants to go home.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2022

Instead, Eros and Evolet each got a hairbrush, Ebani a nail-cutting set, Ethan a wallet, her husband some socks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2022

Celeste raised her hairbrush and stood for a moment like the Statue of Liberty.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead

"Back in the day, we'd have war zones over hairbrushes," says Raye.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

One royal commentator referred to those corgis as “ghastly little hairbrushes, horrible little brats.”

From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022

As whales were hunted for their oil, people fashioned baleen into products such as hairbrushes and corsets.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2021

Tell her that if she notices something that’s out of place, she should ask you to put it away yourself, and that you don’t want her cleaning your hairbrushes or rearranging your toiletries.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2018

It’s not hard to imagine the relationship Helen thinks we ought to have: two eighteen-year-old girls living in Washington, borrowing cardigans and hairbrushes, drinking sodas at the end of a shift.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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