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pin curl

noun

Etymology

From pin + curl.

  1. derived from *kruzlǭ✻ — “bent or crooked object, curl”
  2. derived from crul
  3. derived from crulle — “curled, curly”
  4. compounded as pin curl — “pin + curl”

Definitions

  1. A curl made by dampening a lock of hair, fashioning it into a coil, and securing with a…

    A curl made by dampening a lock of hair, fashioning it into a coil, and securing with a hair pin or clip while it dries.

    • For daytime: Brush down into a page-boy. To set—five pin curls on top plus end curls all around.
    • A pin curl set with water or setting lotion will never amount to anything (here today, gone tomorrow). But the Bobbi curl will last for 8 weeks.

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