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  • noun Plural form of braider.

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Examples

  • Those shop owners and nannies and security men and taxi drivers and hair braiders and cleaners and doormen--many of these are my father--many were intellectuals, businessmen, teachers and even doctors in their native homes, only to come here to struggle since their "African" degrees were deemed unaccredited by a strict international academic hierarchy.

    Wayétu Moore: An Education: One Moore Book Way 2011

  • Through the years of childhood, Ifemelu would often look in the mirror and pull her own hair, separate the coils, will it to become like her mother's, but it remained bristly, growing reluctantly; braiders said it cut them like a knife.

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Miracle 2011

  • A bill making its way through the state legislature, however, would deregulate the occupation, along with more than a dozen others, including yacht brokers and hair braiders.

    In Florida, Interior Decorators Have Designs on Deregulation Arian Campo-Flores 2011

  • Those shop owners and nannies and security men and taxi drivers and hair braiders and cleaners and doormen--many of these are my father--many were intellectuals, businessmen, teachers and even doctors in their native homes, only to come here to struggle since their "African" degrees were deemed unaccredited by a strict international academic hierarchy.

    Wayétu Moore: An Education: One Moore Book Way 2011

  • Those shop owners and nannies and security men and taxi drivers and hair braiders and cleaners and doormen--many of these are my father--many were intellectuals, businessmen, teachers and even doctors in their native homes, only to come here to struggle since their "African" degrees were deemed unaccredited by a strict international academic hierarchy.

    Wayétu Moore: An Education: One Moore Book Way 2011

  • Rick Scott has proposed eliminating job-killing licensing requirements in 20 occupations, ranging from auto repair shops to ballroom dance studios and hair braiders.

    Florida Interior Designers: A Case Study In Cartels 2011

  • Had Florida's legislature stood firm, Floridians might have enjoyed benefits similar to those Mississippians experienced when their state replaced its cosmetology requirement for hair braiders with a modest registration requirement: After the market was opened in 2005, 300 new braiders registered with the state and can now provide for themselves and their families.

    Want Jobs? Cut Local Regulations Chip Mellor 2011

  • People are surprised to find out that ethnic hair braiders need cosmetology licenses.

    Reputation Systems and Brands, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • It included auctioneers, talent agents, ballroom dance teachers, hair braiders and interior designers.

    Want Jobs? Cut Local Regulations Chip Mellor 2011

  • Those shop owners and nannies and security men and taxi drivers and hair braiders and cleaners and doormen--many of these are my father--many were intellectuals, businessmen, teachers and even doctors in their native homes, only to come here to struggle since their "African" degrees were deemed unaccredited by a strict international academic hierarchy.

    Wayétu Moore: An Education: One Moore Book Way 2011

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