French: coiffer en bandeauEnglish translation: slicked to the side 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | coiffer en bandeau | | English translation: | slicked to the side | | Entered by: | ormiston |
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Cosmetics, Beauty / hairdressing | | French term or phrase: coiffer en bandeau | A hairdressing context. The description refers to a man with very short hair "La meche de frange en laissee plus longue afin de la coiffer en bandeau sur le cote avec un effet cire".
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 ormiston
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| the hair parted down the middle and looped back at the sides
Explanation:
My Collins Rob. gives this translation but I think a man with short hair wouldnt have his hair looped back. I suspect the fringe in this case would be pushed/ pressed/ smoothed back to either side of the parting-a style I believe was popular in the early part of the twentieth century.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-14 18:07:26 GMT)
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Perhaps 'smoothed ' would be more suitable in this case........
| Cervin
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| slicked to the side
Explanation:
i.e. the hair lies parallel along the forehead
| ormiston
France
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Native speaker of: English
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| Note from asker to answerer| This sounds good, many thanks! |
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| comb it like a band around the side
Explanation:
"This lock (was) left longer in order to comb it like a band around the side giving the effect of wax."
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-05-14 20:28:58 GMT)
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"effet ciré" or "effet cire"
Makes me think of shoe polish.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-05-14 20:30:47 GMT)
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At any rate this "effect" is artificial and arresting, no doubt.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-05-14 20:32:31 GMT)
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I initially had a vision of Donald Trump's lacquered comb-over.
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| comb-over
Explanation:
This is just a wide suggestion .. but it's what first came to mind. When balding gents leave a bit of hair long and slick it over to create the illusion of more hair than there is. "Slicked into a comb-over" or something similar could be used if there's is any sense of irony apparent ... or maybe that's what they mean!
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