pageboy

• page boy, page-boy

From page +‎ boy.

pageboy (plural pageboys)

1. (now frequently historical) A boy who serves as a page. [from 19th c.]
2. A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age. [from 20th c.]
3. A shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled under. [from 20th c.]
   • 1987, Joan Didion, Miami, Granta, published 2005, page 53:

     Their hair was sleek, of a slightly other period, immaculate page boys and French twists.

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     She had a white-flecked black pageboy and rosy cheeks and big blue eyes with which she was staring at Enid unabashedly, in the way of someone very smart or very stupid.

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