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Margo paints her skin alien blue, dons an orange bouffant wig and skimpy silver ensemble, and names her character Hungry Ghost, reclaiming an allusion from one of Mark’s purple poems.—Judy Berman, Time, 15 Apr. 2026 Pennington and his wife, Babe — the daughter of his meat supplier — moved Damburger to its current spot behind the Shasta County elections office in 1962 and hired Marge Thayer, a stout woman with a bouffant bob who remembered every regular’s exact order, if not their name.—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 Elsa’s story is quickly revealed as fiction, written by Raúl, a film director in 2026 (Argentina’s Leonardo Sbaraglia, an Almodovar look-alike in his flamboyant bouffant white hair).—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026 Among the sparkling gowns and bouffant wigs are a still-growing selection from Heklina’s own collection, donated in the past year by the performer’s close friend and executor Nancy French.—Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bouffant
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Etymology
French, from Middle French, from present participle of bouffer to puff