snood
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9.9
- noun
- /snuːd/
- Archaic
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cofia
- That's a snood.
Examples
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She was wearing shades and had bound up her long hair in a snood, a sort of Sunset Boulevard look.
Fiction book (1996) -
I make beaded snoods.
Blog text (1) -
I had one of those snood things but that's OK.
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It's a snood or a snood and it's just Aztec print.
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Just an old snood I had reblocked.
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Actually, I got a fedora hat and a snood, and I got these headphones.
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Her hair was newly bound up in a snood-like wad at her neck.
Fiction book (1997) -
She lifted her mother's head to attach the black snood that held the rest of Lily's long, glossy hair.
Fiction book (1991) -
Five-two, trim, around 115, hair still good, dark brown, not a speck of gray considering, but you would think the war was still on; she wore a snood.
Fiction book (2001) -
She was wearing shades and had bound up her long hair in a snood, a sort of Sunset Boulevard look.
Synonyms
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2.7
A thin net worn over hair to keep it in place and clean
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snood likely comes from an old word snod meaning 'neat' or 'tidy', and a helpful image is a hairnet keeping your hair neatly in place, which explains the name.