brilliantine
IPA: brˈɪɫjʌntaɪn
noun
- A hair pomade, making the hair shine brilliantly.
- A smooth shiny, luxurious fabric, often of alpaca or vicuña.
verb
- To apply brilliantine to the hair.
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Examples of "brilliantine" in Sentences
- After shampooing, brilliantine, which was a rich glossy product, was applied, to give hair a nice sheen.
- His thick black hair shone with brilliantine, his dark face was shiny with sweat, his eyes were wide with fear.
- I borrow Nikki's Veniss - girly girl curl, brilliantine aqua, and soft - and attempt to cut through the growth.
- Their hair was now loose and tousled, no longer trapped by the macassar oil and brilliantine pomade of former years.
- She thought about the first night Nick had showed up, with the stocky, well-dressed man with hair layered in brilliantine.
- After her testimony, lobbyists of every persuasion surrounded Gertrudis, vying for her attention in competing clouds of brilliantine.
- Activating the brilliantine salacioubrooch given to him by the Waarghbeings of the Outer Dark, he quickly teleported to the Egypto-Ugaritic Life-torque meters.
- This fellow had gotten on the train at a stop outside Los Angeles; with his "snappy" checked suit and well-oiled hair, pomaded with brilliantine, he evidently thought he cut quite a fine figure and that she should be well aware of the fact.
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