pompadour
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Tall, gaunt and calculating, Wagoner’s angles had angles, but somehow standing next to her, his pompadour dwarfing her considerable bouffant, it worked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The report shows images of the judge sitting on the bench while donning an Elvis wig with his signature black pompadour and sunglasses.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
He looked dapper for his first appearance in a mint green suit and shirt, but donned a blonde pompadour wig and “Death Rock” T-shirt for a second appearance as Beavis with Day’s buck-toothed Butt-Head.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
The “boneco,” as such giant puppets are known in Brazil, wore a bedazzled disco-era turtleneck and suit, with a black pompadour, a la John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Her red hair, arranged in a flat pompadour, would begin to blow out in wisps from her hat.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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