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blonde definition

blonde (bländ)

adjective

blond: esp. fem. form, but in Brit. usage preferred for all senses

noun

  1. a blond woman or girl
  2. a type of silk bobbin lace: so called because originally flaxen in color

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blonde Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • prefer: If I had to choose, I'd be in the 13 % , but I guess more people prefer blondes.

Adjective modifier

  • leggy: There are snide cops and leggy blondes, and the inevitable dead bodies, which pop up at inconvenient and unexpected moments.

Modifies a noun

  • bombshell: In call escort service in Wolverhampton by simply stunning looking blond bombshell, to good to be true!

Modifying Another Word

  • pretty: Having signed in, he was greeted by a pretty blond woman in uniform, who'd also just arrived.

Used with adjective complement

  • go: Sick of Helen getting more boats than me, am convinced going blond will solve problem.

Preposition: with

  • eye: CHLOE 28, 5ft 7 inch, slim ( size 8 ), attractive blond with blue eyes.
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blonde quotes

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window.

-Chandler, Raymond

Iwas inlove with a beautiful blonde once, dear. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.

-Fields,W C originally  William Claude Dukenfield

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