\ ˈblü-ˌherd 
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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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The first known use of blue-haired was in 1943
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