curling tongs
a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls: Also called: curling iron, curling irons, curling pins
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How to use curling tongs in a sentence
When you observe that the carving knife performs the part of curling-tongs, prefer a help from the birds at the top of the table.
Dog Breaking | William Nelson HutchinsonDo you know what kind of a game they've gone to work and rigged up on your friend, the human curling-tongs?
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman DayShe was ignorant of the very existence of paint, perfumes, cosmetics, transparent veils and curling-tongs.
Ancient Manners | Pierre LouysHe must leave his razors and his curling-tongs, and go here, there, and everywhere to raise money by his recitations.
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist | Samuel SmilesLisette, give me your mistress's combs, and put the curling-tongs in the fire.
Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete | Gustave Droz
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