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Definition of blue-haired
: 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. 2000Jesse 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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“Blue-haired.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue-haired. Accessed 25 Jan. 2022.
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