pageboy
See also: page boy
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pageboy (plural pageboys)
- (now frequently historical) A boy who serves as a page. [from 19th c.]
- A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age. [from 20th c.]
- A shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled under. [from 20th c.]
- 1987, Joan Didion, Miami, Granta, published 2005, page 53:
- Their hair was sleek, of a slightly other period, immaculate page boys and French twists.
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
- She had a white-flecked black pageboy and rosy cheeks and big blue eyes with which she was staring at Enid unabashedly, in the way of someone very smart or very stupid.
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boy that is a page
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shoulderlength hair
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young male attendant at a wedding ceremony
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