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Noun: blue rinse
  1. Colouring applied to white or grey hair to give it a bluish tint
    "Many older women opt for a blue rinse to enhance their grey hair"
Adjective: blue-rinse
Usage: UK
  1. (disparaging) used to describe an older well-off conservative woman
    "The politician's speech appealed to the blue-rinse brigade"

Derived forms: blue rinses

Encyclopedia: Blue rinse