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guy-liner

guy-liner
 n.— «The U.K. mass-market retailer Superdrug is touting eyeliner for the boys and, naturally, has dubbed it “guy-liner.”» —“Kohl for cats: High street likes ‘guy-liner’ look” by Stewart Who? Yahoo! News July 12, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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