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Curler   /kˈərlər/   Listen
Curler

noun
1.
A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it.  Synonyms: crimper, hair curler, roller.






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"Curler" Quotes from Famous Books



... at last, capping every hill with snow, And freezing into icy plains the struggling streams below, You still may share the curler's joys, and find at even-tide, Maids sweet and fair, in spence and ha', ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various

... boy can slide on one leg now—not a single shoe seems to have sparables. The florid style of skating shows that that fine art is degenerating; and we look in vain for the grand simplicity of the masters that spread-eagled in the age of its perfection. A change has come over the spirit of the curler's dream. They seem to our ears indeed to have "quat their roaring play." The cry of "swoop-swoop" is heard still—but a faint, feeble, and unimpassioned cry, compared with that which used, on the Mearns Brother-Loch, to make the welkin ring, and for a moment to ...
— Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 • John Wilson



Words linked to "Curler" :   mechanical device, hair curler, curl



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