Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rod of iron to be used when heated for curling the hair, which is twined around it: sometimes made hollow for the insertion of heating materials.
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Examples
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Zarghuna, who has four children between the ages of 2 and 16 and is married to a high-school English teacher, learned new curling-iron techniques from Ms. Michals, as well as the use of devices such as bungee cords to hold back hair.
Blow-Dry Diplomacy Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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We can't kink our hair with a curling-iron, can we?
Satyricon 2007
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Heavy and luxurious they were moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes — and to Bernice remained this relic and the curling-iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.
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She had made a hasty attempt with a curling-iron, and burned her finger and much hair.
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The acquaintance of the Greeks with the curling-iron and cosmetic mysteries, such as oil and pomatum, can be proved both by written evidence and pictures.
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We can't kink our hair with a curling-iron, can we?
The Satyricon — Volume 04 : Escape by Sea 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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We can't kink our hair with a curling-iron, can we?
The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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"It's the drops, Dee Dee, and this gaslight, all blurry from the curling-iron in the flame, makes you see bad."
Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928
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Heavy and luxurious they were moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes -- and to Bernice remained this relic and the curling-iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.
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She had made a hasty attempt with a curling-iron, and burned her finger and much hair.
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