Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SHAMPOOS

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What does SHAMPOOS mean?

SHAMPOOS noun
  1. A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
  2. A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.
  3. An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.
  4. Champagne.
SHAMPOOS verb
  1. To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
  2. To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
  3. To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.

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