SINCE 1828
blue-rinsed
adjectiveDefinition of blue-rinsed
: having white or gray hair that has been tinted blue with a rinse : blue-haired
… the formidable blue-rinsed doyenne of decorating. — Vogue, September 1999 He has used aggressive pronouncements about his sexuality to offend not only the blue-rinsed portion of his musical admirers but also members of the gay community.— Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 20 Dec. 1999 He'd wink knowingly at his blue-rinsed audience, …— Richard Coles, Times Literary Supplement, 13 Oct. 2000
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