blow dry

See also: blow-dry and blowdry

English

Noun

blow dry (plural blow dries or blow drys)

  1. Alternative form of blow-dry.
    • 1991, Annie Leith [pseudonym; Anita Burgh], “The Morning After”, in Molly’s Flashings (Tales from Sarson Magna; 1), London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 75:
      Perms never lasted. Sets disappeared within hours and as for blow drys they were a memory by the time she had reached the car park.
    • 1998 February 2, Tina Gaudoin, “The power generation”, in The Times, number 66,114, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17, columns 2–3:
      All this is, of course, helped along by the fact that, as women, we feel increasingly justified in spending on “upkeep”—that very American concept which means forking out for blow drys, manicures, facials and manicures as a matter of necessity, rather than as an extraordinary treat.
    • 2007 December 7, Hadley Freeman, “Beehives and big bags at Lagerfeld's first London show”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 October 2014:
      The quilted bags were big but the blow dries were bigger. In the foyer of a London auction house yesterday, Chanel's most devoted British customers showed that it would take more than rain to stop them from adhering to the most entrenched stereotypes about a typical fashion show audience.
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