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snood



Pronunciation: (snOOd), [key]
—n.
1. the distinctive headband formerly worn by young unmarried women in Scotland and northern England.
2. a headband for the hair.
3. a netlike hat or part of a hat or fabric that holds or covers the back of a woman's hair.
4. the pendulous skin over the beak of a turkey.

—v.t.
to bind or confine (the hair) with a snood.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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