Associations to the word «Croydon»

Wiktionary

CROYDON, proper noun. A borough and town in the south of Greater London.
CROYDON, proper noun. A former airport in this town.
CROYDON, noun. (historical) A kind of carriage like a gig, originally of wickerwork.
CROYDON, noun. (historical) A kind of cotton sheeting; also, a calico.
CROYDON FACELIFT, noun. (UK slang) (derogatory) A women's hairstyle, associated with lower social classes, in which the hair is pulled tightly back from the face and fastened behind the head, thus pulling the features up and back and giving an effect similar to a facelift.
CROYDON FACELIFTS, noun. Plural of Croydon facelift.

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