"Chignon" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... length, the verge of the stream. She loosed my arm and unceremoniously slid down, I can not say seated herself, upon the grass, throwing back the long curls depending from her chignon. The word chignon, in the language of society, denotes that prominence of the cranium which is to be seen at the back of ladies' heads. It is produced by making coils or plaits of their long hair. I have ...
— Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete • Gustave Droz |
