a rinse for tinting grey hair a silvery-blue colour
adjectiveblue-rinse
2.
denoting or typifying an elderly, well-groomed, socially active, and comparatively wealthy woman, esp one with conservative views
The blue-rinse church-goers are up in arms.
blue-rinse in American English
(ˈbluːˌrɪns)
adjective
of, for, or composed mostly of elderly women
the blue-rinse matinee audience.
Word origin
[1975–80; so called from the bluish tinge produced by certain rinses used on gray hair]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: front-load, gravitational lens, hybridoma, noogie, surrogate mother
Examples of 'blue rinse' in a sentence
blue rinse
It was somewhere between blue rinse and red light district.
The Sun (2015)
The blue-rinse brigade won't know what hit them.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Luckily for the blue-rinse brigade, the executive's president seems ready for a fight.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Not so much blue sky thinking, as blue rinse.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She appears to be keeping faith with that new blue rinse.
The Sun (2011)
She also sports a blue rinse in the mag.
The Sun (2017)
Look at the supporters here, the blue-rinse brigade.
Houston Chronicle (2001)
And the town is no longer the preserve of the blue-rinse brigade.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Even the blue-rinse coach tour is not delivering.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But put the cap on the blue rinse bottle, please.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Body art will accrue the same status as a blue rinse.