Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A straight hair-pin with an ornamental head.
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Examples
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Lacking a hair-peg, she sauntered off to her own apartments to find one, where she remained, lolling in the chaise-longue, alternately blowing smoke rings into the sunshine and nibbling a bonbon soaked in cologne.
The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899
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