"hair-drier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hair-driers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hair-drier (plural hair-driers)
  1. Alternative form of hairdryer. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hairdryer
    Sense id: en-hair-drier-en-noun-cTauQjW6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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