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council house facelift

council house facelift
 n.— «Male chavs wear tracksuits and baseball caps; female chavs pull their hair tightly back in buns or ponytails, a style known as a “council house facelift,” from the term for public housing.» —“At Wit’s End, a Town Dithers Over Its Millionaire Pest” by Sarah Lyall New York Times Sept. 30, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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