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What (who) is pageboy - definition

TYPE OF HAIRSTYLE CHARACTERIZED BY CUTTING THE HAIR IN A BOWL-LIKE WAY WITH A HYPOTHETICAL BOWL PLACED ON THE CROWN INSTEAD OF THE VERY TOP OF THE HEAD
Pageboy bob
  • A mid-1970s example of the pageboy haircut

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also page-boy (pageboys)
A pageboy is a small boy who accompanies the bride at a wedding. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use page
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1. a page in a hotel or attending a bride at a wedding.
2. a woman's hairstyle consisting of a shoulder-length bob with the ends rolled under.
Pageboy         
The pageboy or page boy is a past hairstyle named after what was believed to be the haircut of a late medieval page boy. It has straight hair hanging to below the ear, where it usually turns under.

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Pageboy

The pageboy or page boy is a hairstyle named after what was believed to be the haircut of a late medieval page boy. It has straight hair hanging to below the ear, where it usually turns under. There is often a fringe (bangs) in the front. This style was popular in the mid 1970s and 1980s.

Examples of use of pageboy
1. The presenter debuted her severe pageboy cut for the first time, a dramatic change from her feminine flicked up bob.
2. Style chameleon Katie Holmes unveiled her brand new pageboy crop during a low–key outing in LA on Monday.
3. Generating buzz: Renee at the premiere of her new film Bee Movie, written by comedian Jerry Seinfeld With no long locks to hide behind her short pageboy hairstyle showed off her flushed complexion to the maximum.
4. British actress Patsy Kensit gave a reading whilst Miss Hurley‘s five–year–old son, Damian, wearing an Edwardian style pageboy outfit of white breaches and waistcoat, acted as official ring bearer.
5. The no–nonsense former scientist, sometimes derided for her less–than–glamorous image, dropped her plain, low–maintenance pageboy hairstyle for a more styled look and started wearing makeup.