Drabber
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.
"In one-step hair coloring products such as Miss Clairol, where you can combine different shades, you can add drabbers, which are ashy substances that minimize the red hues that exist in your hair. I well know him For a most insatiate drabber . He hath given, Before he spent his own estate , which was Nothing to the huge mass he's now possess'd of, A hundred pound a leap"
- 2 One who associates with drabs; a wencher. obsolete
"1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam"
- 1 comparative form of drab: more drab comparative, form-of
Example
More examples"In one-step hair coloring products such as Miss Clairol, where you can combine different shades, you can add drabbers, which are ashy substances that minimize the red hues that exist in your hair. I well know him For a most insatiate drabber . He hath given, Before he spent his own estate , which was Nothing to the huge mass he's now possess'd of, A hundred pound a leap"
Etymology
From drab + -er (relational noun suffix).
From drab + -er (agent noun suffix).
From drab + -er (comparative suffix).
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