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Pollyanna


When a girl ties the front of her hair up, and leaves the back to hang loose. Called so after Pollyanna in the movie - it is how she wore her hair: Do you want your hair in a pollyanna for school today?

Contributor's comments: hair half-up, half-down, front tied up, back loose. As in "I want my hair in a pollyanna."