Synonyms for hairpin
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hair-pin |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌpɪn |
Définition of hairpin
Origin :- also hair-pin, 1788 (two words), from hair + pin (n.). A hairpin turn, etc., is from 1906. Hairpin (or clothespin) was American English slang for "person" c.1880-1910, especially in the expression "That's the kind of hairpin I am."
- noun hair fastener
- "You're losing a hairpin on the left side of your head," was all I said.
- Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones
- A hairpin will not remove it; therefore let us call it immovable.
- Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
- I believe I can pick it off little by little with a hairpin or a pair of scissors or something.
- Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart
- And you picked the lock with a hairpin, and came here all alone to flirt with my Jack!
- Extract from : « Oh! Susannah! » by Mark Ambient
- She tried to pierce my eyes with that hairpin that you saw just now.
- Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 7 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
- She looked at herself in profile and readjusted a hairpin above her ear.
- Extract from : « Dubliners » by James Joyce
- He drove on up the trail as it climbed the canyon wall in hairpin slants.
- Extract from : « Space Platform » by Murray Leinster
- They had expected to see him fall, smitten with the hairpin!
- Extract from : « Openings in the Old Trail » by Bret Harte
- She had a hairpin in her mouth and returned the greeting with a slight lifting of eyebrows.
- Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
- He noticed it, saw a hairpin and two nickles and a card or two.
- Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
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