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chignon
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Definition:a large roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck or back of the head
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"These stupid chignons! There's no getting at the real daughter. One simply strokes the bristles of dead women. Well, Dolinka," he turned to his elder daughter, "what's your young buck about, hey?"
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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