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Meanings of bouffant in English

Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing.

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Usage of bouffant in English
1
The young woman's short dress and Jackie Kennedy bouffant decided it.
The unseen
2
To the American eye it is a musical comedy costume, picturesque, bouffant, amazing.
Fanny Herself
3
He ran off with a succubus. She patted at her canary yellow bouffant.
The accidental demon slayer
4
Kazan is the hairdresser who invented the bouffant the bubble, and the French twist.
The new yorker
5
Tracy reached up with alarm and felt it sitting there like a bad bouffant hairdo.
Happiness key
6
The senior man had a big, bouffant blond hairdo.
Death angel
7
I heard him in the coffee shop, talking to a strange-looking woman in a bouffant wig.
Nightwalker
8
Said the woman whose fashion choices included a paisley dog collar and a canary blonde bouffant.
The accidental demon slayer
9
Mrs. Biya has no problem rocking a bouffant, bangs, a mullet and a ponytail-sometimesall at once.
Ebony
10
There were women in short skirts and high heels, their bouffant hairdos as steady as carved stones.
Public secrets
11
He was dandied up in a cloak, a cape, loops of gold jewelry, and a bouffant silk tie.
Library of Souls
12
I really liked her bouffant hair.
Reuters
13
They were of stout build with grey, bouffant hair atop round faces with an obvious look of expectation.
Tainted blood
14
Endless crinkly, sun-bronzed men with elegantly bouffant hair and crested ties: where are they the rest of the year?
The Guardian
15
Fashion constants included blouses as bouffant as hairdos, avant-garde make-up (on both sexes) and Dynasty-chic shoulder pads.
The Irish Times
16
On his trips he appears a harried man of the people, wearing simple clothes and a tousled bouffant hairstyle.
Reuters
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