Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The feminine of blond.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes.
- noun A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also
blond lace .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
blond (person of fair hair). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entryblond .) - noun Alternative form of
blond (pale golden brown color ). - adjective Alternative form of
blond .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes
- noun a light grayish yellow to near white
- noun a person with fair skin and hair
Etymologies
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Examples
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Starbucks chose the term "blonde" because "light" can "infer that something has been removed" or might confuse consumers who think of light coffee as having milk added, a spokeswoman says.
The Hot Blonde in the Coffee Shop: A Lighter Roast Katy McLaughlin 2012
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That looks like like AZN Party, which makes the blonde is the ugliest thing confined within those walls, nothing of value was lost and a cupcake was had.
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The next scary bit, she tries to hang onto her girl friend, but the blonde is already glued onto
It's Like This, Cat 1963
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Creole roux is often called blonde by Cajuns, while a Cajun roux is only so called if it cooks on the flame until the moment just before burning, and is quite smoky and nearly black.
Pascale Boucicaut: Secret in the Roux Pascale Boucicaut 2012
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Especially since we later find out how generic and replaceable a beautiful, buxom blonde is to these men.
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Shellmound -- that tall, nice-lookin 'blonde that was with Butch
CHAPTER VII 2010
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UM, when you get here, the first dinner the blonde is planning to make for you is one of your favorites, but for our second dinner we should order up a real Schenectady Special --- a feast of egg rolls, won-ton soup, and ribs!
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Creole roux is often called blonde by Cajuns, while a Cajun roux is only so called if it cooks on the flame until the moment just before burning, and is quite smoky and nearly black.
Pascale Boucicaut: Secret in the Roux Pascale Boucicaut 2012
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-- Brett getting pressured by the hot blonde from the croissant shop for sex and giving in after getting fooled by her "I'm leaving tomorrow for Delta Force sniper duty in Iraq" line.
Some of my favorite things from "Flight of the Concords" trinfaneb 2009
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Maybe if you put in blonde porn stars in hot jeans and tats and piercings you might stir sime interest in the prostitots crowd – but …
Barsoomian update (the big movie, from ERBzine) « Third Point of Singularity 2010
tomsteele commented on the word blonde
A person, not a hair color.
December 24, 2006
slumry commented on the word blonde
Specifically, a female person.
July 18, 2007
uselessness commented on the word blonde
The men who use the word this way are the same Hawaiian-shirted oily old cigar-chomping uncouths that refer to women as dames and broads over chintzy coffee mugs of gin in the husky light at a poker table. True story.
July 18, 2007
slumry commented on the word blonde
Sounds like some kind of hard-boiled fiction. ;-) It is a vivid image that you paint!
July 18, 2007
bilby commented on the word blonde
"'A female friend,' Kasper added. 'Blonde as the chalk cliffs of Møn. Cold as an icy winter. Sharp as a German razor.'"
- 'The Quiet Girl', Peter Høeg.
March 18, 2008
sionnach commented on the word blonde
'Blonde as the chalk cliffs of Møn. Cold as an icy winter. Sharp as a German razor.'
Trite as a Hallmark card.
March 18, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word blonde
Are the chalk cliffs actually yellow? Or is "blonde" being used here in the sense of "white"?
March 18, 2008
bilby commented on the word blonde
Don't know c_b, I haven't seen the cliffs. I'll have to ask a Mønster.
March 19, 2008