curling-pins
Definition
Noun (plural only): Curling-pins are small, often heated, cylindrical devices used to curl or style hair, typically made of metal or plastic and designed to be inserted into hair to create curls or waves.
Usage Examples
- (Hair styling tools used to form curls overnight.)
- (Historical hair-curling implements.)
Advanced Usage
- "to put one's hair in curling-pins": to prepare hair for styling by inserting these pins.
- Every night, she would put her hair in curling-pins to have wavy hair the next morning. (To set hair in curlers for styling.)
Variants and Related Words
- Curling-pin (singular noun): a single device of this type.
- He found a single curling-pin under the sofa. (One hair-curling tool.)
Synonyms
- Hair curlers: general term for devices used to curl hair.
- Rollers: cylindrical tools for curling hair, often larger than pins.
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