blue-haired

adjective

ˈblü-ˌherd 

: having blue hair : having white or gray hair that has been tinted blue with a rinse

—used especially as a stereotypical description of an elderly woman

Jesse is a bichon frisé, the kind of dog that blue-haired women leave their fortunes to.

—Jonathan Darman, Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2009

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

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