pageboy

 [peyj-boi]  

page·boy

   [peyj-boi]
noun
1.
a hair style in which the hair is rolled under, usually at shoulder-length.
2.
a youth or man who works as a page, as at a hotel.
Also, page boy.

Origin:
1900–05; page2 + boy
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pageboy (ˈpeɪdʒˌbɔɪ)
 
—n
1.  a smooth medium-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled under and a long fringe falling onto the forehead from the crown
2.  a less common word for page
3.  another word for page

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