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hair up

verb
  1. To grow its longer, thicker winter coat. (US, intransitive)
  2. To grow facial hair, especially after shaving; (rarely) to grow body hair. (US, intransitive)
  3. To cause the fur of (an animal) to puff up or stand on end. (US, transitive)
  4. To soil or mess up (an area, etc.) with hair. (US, transitive)
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Ruby was a very handsome young lady, now thinking herself quite as grown up as she really was; she wore her skirts as long as her mother would let her and did her hair up in town, though she had to take it down when she went home.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 297 · C1
“In four more years we’ll be able to put our hair up,” said Diana.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 203 · C1

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