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/kˈərlɪŋ ˈaɪərn/ Listen

noun

Curler n.

One who, or that which, curls.

A player at the game called curling.

A small cylindrical object sometimes having a clamping attachment, around which hair is wound so as to produce curls; as, she slept all night with a head full of curlers.

An electrical appliance with a handle and a metal rod-shaped tip which is heated and around which hair is wound, to produce curls in the hair; called also curling iron.

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Etymology of 'Curling iron'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Curling iron" Quotes from Famous Books

... hair was yellow stuff, and there was flour on his face and all over his stockings and shoes. There were big black smootches on his face, too. He had a can in one hand and a girls' curling iron in the other and a big greasy frying pan under ...

— Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... brilliant and beautiful; his glance full of expression; his nose, though large, was well proportioned; his forehead broad and majestic; his hair, of a chestnut color, was curled slightly; his beard, which was darker than his hair, was turned carefully with a curling iron, a practice that greatly improved it. After a short time the cardinal arranged his shoulder belt, then looked with great complacency at his hands, which were most elegant and of which he took the greatest care; and ...

— Twenty Years After • Alexandre Dumas, Pere