Croydon facelift

English 2015 September 15 Etymology From en Croydon, a Borough of London + en facelift. Pronunciation en /ˌkɹɔɪdn̩ ˈfeɪslɪft/ UK en en-au-Croydon facelift.ogg AU Noun en 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. en 2010 Charlotte Madison Dressed to Kill https://books.google.com.au/books?id=J0MrPqXfWGUC&pg=PT118&dq=%22Croydon+facelift%22%7C%22Croydon+facelifts%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Croydon%20facelift%22%7C%22Croydon%20facelifts%22&f=false unnumbered We climb in, and I plaster my Little House on the Prairie-style cloth hat over my hair so the greasy strands won't get yanked back into a Croydon facelift as I pull on my helmet. en 2013 e.c. saunders Kat Among the Pigeons: A Kat Shakespeare Mystery 81 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gjMbBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA81&dq=%22Croydon+facelift%22%7C%22Croydon+facelifts%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Croydon%20facelift%22%7C%22Croydon%20facelifts%22&f=false Everyone stopped drinking to have a look. A girl with a Croydon facelift hairdo and a sequinned tank top began hyperventilating noisily. en July 28 2013 w:Elizabeth Day w:The Observer All of which could explain why, when I had my hair styled in a tight ponytail for the shoot accompanying this feature, most people who saw me thought I looked "unapproachable" (which might simply be a polite way of saying: "You looked like you had a rattail and a Croydon facelift"). en Hair