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bottle

English translation: peroxide blonde (from a bottle)

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English term or phrase:bottle blonde
Selected answer:peroxide blonde (from a bottle)
Entered by: Dave Calderhead

08:34 Mar 13, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: bottle
Jake followed his eyes to the table. A young soldier, thin hair slicked straight back like Noel Coward's, sat between two bottle blondes eating dinner, heads bent over their plates.
discourse
peroxide blonde (from a bottle)
Explanation:
not natural blondes
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Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 15:08
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5peroxide blonde (from a bottle)
Dave Calderhead
5 +3Hair dyed blond from a bottle
Anna Maria Augustine (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Hair dyed blond from a bottle


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_Blonde

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-03-13 08:38:40 GMT)
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Not natural blonds

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dave Calderhead: snap
2 mins
agree  writeaway
1 hr
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
11 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
bottle blonde
peroxide blonde (from a bottle)


Explanation:
not natural blondes

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
1 min
  -> Thanks, Tony (:-{)>
agree  Jack Doughty: Sometimes known as suicide blondes (dyed by their own hand).
27 mins
  -> Thanks, Jack (:-{)>
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
41 mins
  -> Thanks, Vicky (:-{)>
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sophia (:-{)>
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marju (:-{)>
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