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| snood [ snood ] |
noun (plural snoods) |
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1. decorative hair net: a net that holds a woman's hair at the back of her head
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2. ribbon worn by unmarried Scottish women: in the 17th and 18th centuries, a hairband or ribbon worn by unmarried women in Scotland
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transitive verb (past and past participle snood·ed, present participle snood·ing, 3rd person present singular snoods) |
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hold hair in snood: to fasten the hair with a snood
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| [ Old English snōd, < Indo-European, "spin, sew"] |
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