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quiff
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tags: [britain] [fashion]
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Definition:1. a hairstyle resembling a torch flame, very popular in the 1950's2. [Britain] a whiff of tobacco smoke
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He put cylinder oil on his tousled hair and worked at it until he had achieved the ideal coiffure, with an artistic quiff along his forehead.
Cecil Scott Forester. The African Queen, p.54 (1935)
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"He's quite a nice youth, with black hair greased into what I think he would call a 'quiff.'"
Herbert Jenkins. John Dene of Toronto: A Comedy of Whitehall (1920)
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—He doesn't see us, Mr Power said. Yes, he does. How do you do?
—Who? Mr Dedalus asked.
—Blazes Boylan, Mr Power said. There he is airing his quiff.
Just that moment I was thinking.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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