What is Tessies?
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D'URBANVILLE SIDEBURNS: the luxuriantly-thatched gable areas on Lady Wimborne's traditional Dorset property.
(As featured in Tess of thed'Urbanvilles by Thomas Hardy.)
On the first day of summer, as he surveyed the happy crowds of substantially-built, bikini-clad ladies reclining on the beach at Swanage, Mr Pickthorn - an enterprising local hair-stylist - waxed lyrical about the apparent sales opportunities available to him.
Lateral evidence of winter-grown, untrimmed tessies could be glimpsed everywhere he looked; and there was an optimistic spring in his step as he strolled around distributing his business-card - "Monsieur Jean, ladies hairdresser: every style and service offered, including the full Monty Eclipse. Complete satisfaction guaranteed. Book early, to avoid disappointment."
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On the first day of summer, as he surveyed the happy crowds of substantially-built, bikini-clad ladies reclining on the beach at Swanage, Mr Pickthorn - an enterprising local hair-stylist - waxed lyrical about the apparent sales opportunities available to him.
Lateral evidence of winter-grown, untrimmed
