The word chignon, in the language of society, denotes that prominence of the cranium which is to be seen at the back of ladies 'heads. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Have fun at the party (if you head survives the chignon, that is). pierre l |. From Wordnik.com. [going going going gone…] Reference
It was the style to wear at that time what was called "chignon" or waterfall. From Wordnik.com. [Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed Autobiography of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Ray] Reference
But this time I put my hair up in a sleek chignon. From Wordnik.com. [The Payback Club]
She laughed and reached to straighten her tumbled chignon. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel's Lady]
They both nagged me about it until I put it up in a chignon. From Wordnik.com. [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference
Viola had Hannah dress her hair in a smooth, elegant chignon. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
But a chignon, a bandbox behind the noddle, she would not endure. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
She loved her chignon; but she was ready to abandon even that for him. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
Freed from its chignon, a single glossy braid fell over her right breast. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittarius Whorl]
Allegra crept nearer as Lottie reached into her chignon, tugging out a hairpin. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
Her hair is swept up in a stylish chignon and set with tiny, bejeweled flowers. From Wordnik.com. ['Waiting for An Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq'] Reference
O'NEILL: Of course, the perfect chignon is nothing without the make-up to match. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2002] Reference
In only four minutes, Carmen can transform herself from bed head to regal chignon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2005] Reference
Monsieur -- You are talking nonsense, my little angel, follies as great as your chignon. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She tugged her hair into a painfully tight chignon, ruthlessly stripping it of its curls. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
Chinese woman except that it is twisted and tied up in a chignon on the crown of the head. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
Her silvery hair was worn in an uncompromising chignon and her garb was a symphony in mocha. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
Add a slightly messed up/bedhead chignon and a smokier fifties makeup and you're good to go. From Wordnik.com. [Judy Licht: The Frill of It All] Reference
The long hair had been jerked from its customary chignon, and was hanging loose around his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference
Her hair was dressed in a plain chignon, but one heavy lock had come loose and hung down her back. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
Her hair is brushed back from the forehead, without a parting, and coiled into a tight, flat chignon. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
In men the chignon is usually lower, being about half way between the crown and the nape of the neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
With a giggle, she brushed a stray strand of her gray hair back into the tidy chignon she wore it in. From Wordnik.com. [Changeling]
He raked his fingers through her hair, freeing it from its loose chignon to tumble around her shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
Her hair had been caught in a loose Greek chignon, artfully arranged to appear disheveled by a lover's hand. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
She was no taller than Polly, but slender and with golden red hair caught under the sunhat in a swimmer's chignon. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Haystack] Reference
Tangling his fingers in her rumbled chignon, he gazed down at her, his eyes heavy-lidded and glittering with desire. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
I pinned it into a severe chignon, ate two biscuits and a piece of cheese, and went downstairs, with Holmes at my side. From Wordnik.com. [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]
He would almost swear he could hear the tinkle of a hairpin sliding from a dancer's neat chignon and striking the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
This soon loosened her chignon, the ingredients of which flew in as many directions, and her hair swept wildly about her face. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
The back division is combed back, and after being twisted into a compact mass, is tied in a chignon upon the crown of the head. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
Bessie, who had slipped away with a view to the adjustment of the disarranged chignon, was not present to hear that explanation. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
The Chinese always preserved their own peculiar national dress -- the most rational of all -- with the pig-tail coiled into a chignon. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Amelia pulled herself up in the saddle and adjusted the flat silk hat that had tilted crazily along with the chignon it was perched upon. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel's Lady]
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