blue-rinse

[ bloo-rins ]
/ ˈbluˌrɪns /

adjective

of, for, or composed mostly of elderly women: the blue-rinse matinee audience.

Origin of blue-rinse

First recorded in 1975–80; so called from the bluish tinge produced by certain rinses used on gray hair

Words nearby blue-rinse

blue-pencil, blue-red, blue-ribbon, blue-ribbon jury, blue-ringed octopus, blue-rinse, blue-singlet, blue-sky, blue-sky law, blue-sky thinking, blue-tongued lizard

British Dictionary definitions for blue rinse

blue rinse

noun

a rinse for tinting grey hair a silvery-blue colour

adjective blue-rinse

denoting or typifying an elderly, well-groomed, socially active, and comparatively wealthy woman