brilliantine
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈbrɪljənˌtin/
- Archaic
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brillantina
- You give Reid sideburns and a bottle of brilliantine, and he's as Latin as, er... you know, er... as a Mexican jumping bean.
Examples
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To slick my hair down With brilliantine And gargle heavily With Listerine
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She can see in the flickering light of the cinema that he has dark hair slicked back from his forehead with brilliantine.
Fiction book (1997) -
His hair was combed back with brilliantine.
Fiction book (1995) -
Get out the brilliantine and dime cigars
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He's got many too many teeth and... and too much brilliantine.
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Hit play, and Taylor will show you how you can craft this messy-chic mane masterpiece on yourself, using nothing more than some bobby pins and Bumble and bumble's Brilliantine Cream.
Blog text (11) -
Every morning, he applied a small amount of brilliantine to make his hair shiny and manageable.
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To achieve a sleek look, she styled her hair with brilliantine before heading out.
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He loved the way brilliantine made his hair look glossy and well-groomed.
Synonyms
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7.3
A scented hair cream that makes hair smooth and shiny
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3.7
A liquid you put on hair to make it look neat, make it easier to manage, or help the scalp
An oily scented cream used to style and shine hair
A cream or oil that makes hair look neat
Antonyms
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Brilliantine comes from the French word brillant meaning 'shining' plus the ending -ine often used for liquids or creams. So the name tells you its job: brilliantine is a shiny hair product that makes hair 'shine' and stay in place.