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A hair receiver is a small pot with a hole in the lid kept on the dressing table in the Victorian era to store hair removed from brushes and combs. The hair was recycled in a number of ways—notably for stuffing small bags about 8–10 centimetres (3–4 in) across called ratts used to bulk out women’s hairstyles.

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