On second look, what I thought was a huge pompadour is in fact just his cap. From Wordnik.com. [Meat Lovers Only! « Awful Library Books] Reference
The origins of the name pompadour are as difficult to pin down as the color. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
Derek, once again, has an enormous pompadour, which is really adorable on him. From Wordnik.com. [BuddyTV] Reference
A small man in elevator shoes and pompadour hairstyle. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2006] Reference
They saw his dark pompadour and the outline of his skull. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
KING: He wanted to know if your pompadour has become a trademark?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2002] Reference
Ray's pompadour, usually sculptured with Wildroot, hung like crepe. From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
Snipe got a momentary glimpse of a dark pompadour, long sideburns. From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
Chablis removed her wig and combed her natural hair into a pompadour. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
It was dark and stiff, and he brushed it straight back in a pompadour. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
O'BRIEN: You know, the pompadour in the early days of the show was much higher. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2002] Reference
"A neat pompadour, with an empire knot, would make an up-to-date etching of you.". From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
The only thing visible of him over the Times was his lush pompadour of white hair. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
Taking the few hairpins she had remaining, she stabbed them into a careless pompadour. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Come Back]
Yet analysts are still starved for facts about the short, plump man with the pompadour. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterious Kim Jong Ii] Reference
The pompadour mode of hairdressing also holds good with the girl whose eyes are set too high. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture] Reference
"There was something about Sheriff Wiley's pompadour," suggested our little lady proofreader. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
Well, I guess, Little Richard ought to be in just on the basis of the pompadour and the jackets. From Wordnik.com. [What Makes a Rocker Hall-of-Fame Worthy?] Reference
By this time, Miss Stuart, fully dressed, with her pompadour neatly arranged appeared at the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail] Reference
This international man of mystery is seldom seen without his jumpsuit, oversized glasses and pompadour. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2006] Reference
But as far as Belly could remember, nobody ever asked for one of those prissy v-neck or pompadour styles. From Wordnik.com. [Credentials] Reference
Aside from the distracting pompadour and sideburns, head judge Johnny, so far, is decidedly not obnoxious. From Wordnik.com. [Top Chef: Just Desserts Recap: Pastry-making is crazy-making] Reference
When he does use it, for instance to fini sh a trendy pompadour, he looks for sprays that say "light hold.". From Wordnik.com. [A Man's Unruly Yet Polished Hair] Reference
Snipe stared at her-an oval face with thick dark hair in a high pompadour, with locks combed into sideburns. From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
I was just wondering if your pompadour had become a trademark, and if so if you would ever consider changing it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2002] Reference
He turned to see a legionnaire with a dark pompadour, sideburns, and night vision goggles hanging around the neck. From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
CHIDEYA: Or do the real props go to a St. Louis guitar whiz with an oil-slick pompadour and duck-walk dance moves?. From Wordnik.com. [Chuck Berry: Father of Rock 'n' Roll] Reference
Spencer Lawton was a soft-spoken, mild-mannered man with gentle blue-gray eyes and dark hair combed in a pompadour. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
Not the conformist, togetherness-obsessed'50s, but the Elvis-y, greasy-pompadour, Atomic Age drive-in side of the decade. From Wordnik.com. [Funky Towns] Reference
My lab partner in high school Biology has a black pompadour and a leather jacket that says NO CLUB in flames on the back. From Wordnik.com. [Sadie Hawkins Day] Reference
Manson's always more interesting to watch than to listen to, but this disc is almost as wild as his red pompadour. (3 stars). From Wordnik.com. [Live! In Your Living Room] Reference
HAMMER: Steven Van Zandt, who plays Silvio, has managed to keep his pompadour out of the crime pages during "The Sopranos" run. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 4, 2006] Reference
But not every pompadour belongs to Presley, and not every piece of weird weather or bizarre animal behavior is evidence of El Nino. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For El Nino] Reference
As a concession to fashion — albeit one that had gone out twenty years before — the front was puffed up in an exaggerated pompadour. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Truth]
He was so upset that his immaculate pompadour bore the traces of several hairs escaping to flop into his eyes, which flashed like a storm. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Can't Be a Hare Krishna] Reference
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