: having blue hair : having white or gray hair that has been tinted blue with a rinse
—used especially as a stereotypical description of an elderly woman… too many blue-haired mothers in the heartland didn't like hearing that their gay son or daughter was worthless and immoral.—
Time, 31 Jan. 2000 Jesse is a bichon frisé, the kind of dog that blue-haired women leave their fortunes to.—
Jonathan Darman, Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2009
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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