His chevelure was like that which I see in a picture of the grand. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
On the top of her head was gathered, and made into a knot, her chevelure, black as lacquer, and glossy like pomade. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
A Hemisphere in Your Hair French: Un hémisphère dans une chevelure is a poem by Baudelaire collected in Paris Spleen. From Wordnik.com. [31 « May « 2008 « Jahsonic] Reference
Her kneecaps were not fractured, but two hairpins became detached from her chevelure while she was performing a protracted pirouette. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914] Reference
A razor must be passed over the bald head; but it is sufficient to burn, pluck, shave, or clip three hairs when the chevelure is long. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
Moi, j'ai les cheveux ébouriffés tous les matins when I get out of bed - and whenever the playful wind decides to mess about with “ma chevelure”. From Wordnik.com. [ebouriffe - French Word-A-Day] Reference
That dark-brown chevelure, with a natural curl, is now represented by a few dozen perfectly white hairs, and its place — a smooth, bald, pink head — knows it no more. From Wordnik.com. [The Room in the Dragon Volant] Reference
It still carries its hair -- a fine chevelure, waving and profuse. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Shot A Story Retold] Reference
His chevelure was like that which I see in a picture of the grand Conde. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn His Letters and His Life]
Toute ta chevelure, toute ta chevelure, Melisande, est tombee de la tour. From Wordnik.com. [Three Soldiers] Reference
“Oho! you don't feign ignorance, then?” and he shook his flaming chevelure at me. From Wordnik.com. [A passionate pilgrim] Reference
Nature had been partial to this little working girl and given her the chevelure of a queen. From Wordnik.com. [Initials Only] Reference
Rarely, but very rarely, one may see a Japanese chevelure having a natural tendency to ripple. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series] Reference
Miss LILLAH MCCARTHY sacrificed something of her personality to the exigences of a flaxen chevelure. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914] Reference
An anarchy of small curls was her chevelure, a dark upland of misrule, every hair asserting its rights over a not discreditable brow. From Wordnik.com. [Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story] Reference
Stael, he steps proudly along, though looked at askance here, and shakes his black chevelure, or lion's-mane; as if prophetic of great deeds. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution] Reference
A knot, her chevelure, black as lacquer, and glossy like pomade. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng] Reference
"Ah! vous avez raison, monsieur, c'est la plus belle chevelure!. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 08] Reference
Sur sa chevelure un casque dargent. From Wordnik.com. [Les Elfes] Reference
"And my chevelure also, madame. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Grignan, and her "belle chevelure.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844] Reference
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