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Synonyms for dandruff

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dan-druh f
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæn drəf

Définition of dandruff

Origin :
  • 1540s, first element obscure, second element is Northumbrian or East Anglian dialectal huff, hurf "scab," from Old Norse hrufa, from Proto-Germanic *hreufaz, source of Old English hreofla "leper."
  • noun scurf
Example sentences :
  • Nothing is better for cleansing the hair from dust and dandruff.
  • Extract from : « Housekeeping in Old Virginia » by Marion Cabell Tyree
  • They have a good deal of dander (dandruff) for sich little vipers!
  • Extract from : « Oak Openings » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • His reddish-brown hair was free of dandruff, his blue eyes clear.
  • Extract from : « The Eye of Wilbur Mook » by H. B. Hickey
  • To be bald is no more than a genial jocosity, a harmless foible—but to have dandruff is almost as bad as to have beri-beri.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
  • When the hair is excessively oily or the scalp unusually crowded with dandruff, the weekly shampoo should not be neglected.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans
  • He looked more the fashionable club man than ever, though he did have a slight sprinkling of dandruff on his coat collar.
  • Extract from : « Tramping on Life » by Harry Kemp
  • "No more fuzzy hair for me, no red tie, no dandruff," he had said on his return from Paris.
  • Extract from : « Money Magic » by Hamlin Garland
  • The dandruff which detaches from the skin within the escutcheon of the first order is yellowish or copperish color.
  • Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden
  • This affection is characterized by an excessive production and detachment of dry scales from the surface of the skin (dandruff).
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • Link picked at the label of his beer bottle and added to the dandruff of shredded paper in the ashtray before him.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow

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