blow-drier

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See also: blow drier and blowdrier

English

Noun

blow-drier (plural blow-driers)

  1. Alternative form of blow-dryer.
    • 1981 December 7, Beth Brophy, “Four who made it”, in Forbes, page 109, column 3:
      Lida Gleizer, sleek and svelte, wearing a silk top, wool suit and gold-colored boots, seems at home among the floor-to-ceiling mirrors, thick maroon carpeting, silver walls and rock music (drowning out the blow-driers) at Lida Hair Design in Minneapolis.
    • 1987, Helena Shaw, A Deeper Quest, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN, page 46:
      The low whirr of the blow-driers carried with it the heavy scent of hair-spray and the delicate fragrance of cosmetics.
    • 2001, Isabella Tree, Sliced Iguana: Travels in Unknown Mexico, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 154:
      We’ve also come early in the evening to give the hairdressers time to concentrate on themselves. There’s already a buzz of excitement around the blow-driers.