I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blond/blonde (= yellowish-white in colour )
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long blonde hair and blue eyes
dumb blonde (= a pretty woman with blonde hair who seems stupid )
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She’s no dumb blonde .
dye sth black/blue/blonde etc
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Priscilla’s hair was dyed jet black.
dye your hair (blonde/red etc) (= change its colour, especially using chemicals )
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Craig has dyed his hair black.
peroxide blonde (= hair made light yellow using peroxide )
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her waist-length peroxide blonde hair
platinum blonde
sb’s blonde/dark/grey etc head (= with blonde etc hair )
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I saw my son’s blond head sticking out from the car window.
strawberry blonde
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bombshell
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It was because, apart from sniffles, she was a blonde bombshell with a large bosom.
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Lawford even took photographs of the President of the United States and the blonde bombshell in bed together.
curl
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Léonie did not want to watch Thérèse clamber on his knee, twist her blonde curls with one finger, ogle him.
girl
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Just beside them Benny noticed a blonde girl in a smart navy coat; despite the rain, she still looked elegant.
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She was a heavy blonde girl with large milk-white legs.
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She was a slim blonde girl in her twenties who might have stepped out of a fashion advertisement in a women's magazine.
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An albino with white dreadlocks had appeared from one of the trailers with the blonde girl in tow.
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A blonde girl at a desk checked their travel vouchers.
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A thin disdainful blonde girl led me up narrow stairs to a room filled completely by a single bed.
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He seemed to think he might feature in some pictures with a blonde girl .
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One of the croupiers, a blonde girl , beckoned him to join the blackjack table.
hair
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Jennifer, in a blue tracksuit that showed off her blonde hair to perfection, was sitting in her wheelchair.
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Her face was mottled under her long blonde hair .
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Her blonde hair was pulled back into a smooth chignon and tied with a yellow silk bow.
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The one with the thinning blonde hair made a remark at which the second man sniggered.
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Her dark blonde hair and serpentine figure drew the approval of Sir Charles Webb-Bowen himself.
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On the screen a woman with bright blonde hair and red-rimmed glasses was teaching her audience how to make profiteroles.
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Her mass of blonde hair was down, flowing free in the winter air.
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Petal came back in, with her blonde hair wafting about her shoulders.
head
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Within seconds, her blonde head was lost in the crowds.
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He stood and the blonde head moved down his body, the scarlet nails deftly worked his trousers loose.
woman
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Gallows loomed in the shadows of her dreams and dead babies and famine, and a blonde woman with sly green eyes.
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A young blonde woman was at a desk in the room when we walked in.
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And for apres-apres-ski there were always the lovely blonde women flown in from Madam Claudes famous establishment in Paris.
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Then we spot a tall, blonde woman striding up the street in our direction.
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A young blonde woman who had tripped against a Sellsword was shoved by him and sent flying across the roadway.
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To begin with, a middle-aged blonde woman jostled him but was quickly joined by a cohort of silver-haired reinforcements.
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The most incredible case involved a guy in Harrow who was advertising for men as a blonde woman called Susannah.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blonde bombshell
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It was because, apart from sniffles, she was a blonde bombshell with a large bosom.
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Lawford even took photographs of the President of the United States and the blonde bombshell in bed together.
crop of dark hair/blonde curls etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But some leading shampoos and conditioners contain small amounts of bleaching agents to promote blonde colouring.
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I remember when he was that little blonde baby.
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She was having an affair with Toni Hutchinson of the blonde braids, who was the daughter of a pharmacist in Hendon.
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She was too tall, too blonde to be anything but Hung Mao.
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The charming entrepreneur and his pretty blonde wife, Victoria Rebisoff Wang, enjoyed their newfound wealth.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dumb
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No such thing as a dumb blonde ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And Fifties gentlemen actually did prefer blondes.
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In any case, she was completely different from the generously curved blondes Nathan Bryce was usually seen with.
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It divides its subject matter into blondes, brunettes and redheads.
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My whole being and purpose was pointed at the little blonde .
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She was a blonde from Minnesota.
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This is a flattering look for medium blondes and brunettes.
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Yanto and Billy heard the blonde tell the landlord that it was her birthday as she ordered the drinks.