What does "back-hair" mean?
Please help me to understand this sentence (from the novel "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" (1837), Ch. Dickens ):

Standing before the dressing-glass was a middle-aged lady, in yellow curl-papers, busily engaged in brushing what ladies call their ‘back-hair.’

What does "back-hair" mean?

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What does "back-hair" mean?
Please help me to understand this sentence (from the novel "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" (1837), Ch. Dickens ):

Standing before the dressing-glass was a middle-aged lady, in yellow curl-papers, busily engaged in brushing what ladies call their ‘back-hair.’

What does "back-hair" mean?

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In this context, i would think that 'back-hair' means 'the hair that grows past the shoulders and down to  a person's back'. It was common for people to grow their hair long in these days! :)

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You can see the following illustration and understand what the authour meant:

http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/phiz/pickwick/20.html

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