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curling iron


curling iron

noun

: a device with a long metal part that is heated to curl hair

Full Definition of CURLING IRON

:  a rod-shaped usually metal instrument which is heated and around which a lock of hair to be curled or waved is wound
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First Known Use of CURLING IRON

1616

Rhymes with CURLING IRON

angle iron, climbing iron, shooting iron, waffle iron

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