blow drier

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See also: blow-drier and blowdrier

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Noun[edit]

blow drier (plural blow driers)

  1. Alternative form of blow-dryer.
    • 1996, Kathe Koja, Kink: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 12:
      “Where should I be?” eyebrows up, half-friendly, half-not. “At work, what?” / “That might help. Why don’t you start putting in some more hours, make some more money so she can get out of here, quit playing with the blow driers?” and Sophie waving from behind the counter, blowing me a kiss and Po’s voice dropping, flat octave: “You think ’cause you’re so pretty she can’t see anyone else.”
    • 2000, Farnoosh Moshiri, At the Wall of the Almighty, New York, N.Y.: Interlink Books, →ISBN, page 206:
      Mother’s beauty salon smelled of fresh paint and plastic. The largest room was where the blow driers and mirrors were.
    • 2012, Alxe Noden, Showing Kunga: From Pet Owner to Dog Show Junkie, Wenatchee, Wash.: Dogwise Publishing, →ISBN, pages 35–36:
      But I remember a show in Rapid City, SD, where an active-duty serviceman stood in a spotlight before the flag, dressed in camouflage fatigues, and sang the anthem a cappella in a compelling tenor that had the full attention of the entire show. Even the blow driers were silenced for those few moments.