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Blue rinse brigade — The Blue rinse brigade is a somewhat pejorative term used, particularly in the United Kingdom, to describe elderly middle class ladies usually of a conservative socio political persuasion. This group is usually characterised as forming the… … Wikipedia
Blue rinse — A blue rinse is a dilute hair dye used to reduce the yellowed (or translucent, showing scalp colour) appearance of greying hair on older women. The ability to see blue decreases with age, so an older woman perceives her uncolored hair to have a… … Wikipedia
blue-rinse — adjective BrE blue rinse brigade humorous used to describe older women with traditional right wing values see also: rinse 2 (2) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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Mohair berets — The army of mohair berets , a photo published by Gazeta Wyborcza Mohair berets (Polish: moherowe berety) a tongue in cheek expression that stands for people who support the views expressed by Polish conservative Catholic movement with its main… … Wikipedia
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