Blondin
noun
Charles, real name Jean-François Gravelet. 1824–97, French acrobat and tightrope walker; best known for walking a tightrope across Niagara Falls (1859)
Contemporary Examples
Obama’s 2008 Backers: We’re Ready for Warren David Freedlander October 8, 2014
Historical Examples
The Diary of a Nobody George Grossmith
Harper’s Young People, October 5, 1880 Various
Harriet and the Piper Kathleen Norris
Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear Theresa Gowanlock
Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865 Ward Hill Lamon
The Brass Bottle F. Anstey
The Wolves of God Algernon Blackwood
Harriet and the Piper Kathleen Norris
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the act or method of dyeing or tinting hair blond: true-to-life blondings that defy detection. noun the act or an instance of dyeing hair blonde (as modifier): blonding sprays
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(of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child’s soft blond curls. (of a person) having light-colored hair and skin. (of furniture wood) light in tone. a blond person. silk lace, originally unbleached but now often dyed any of various colors, especially white or black. Historical Examples The Alternative George Barr McCutcheon Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly, January […]
- Blondness
(of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child’s soft blond curls. (of a person) having light-colored hair and skin. (of furniture wood) light in tone. a blond person. silk lace, originally unbleached but now often dyed any of various colors, especially white or black. Contemporary Examples Julian Assange, Chick Magnet? Tracy Quan December 12, 2010 Historical […]
- Blood-libel
the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- Blood
the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended. the vital principle; life: The excitement had got into the very blood of the nation. a person or group regarded as a […]