Example Sentences

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She only prayed that Mrs. Snawdor's curl-papered head might not appear on the upper landing.

From Calvary Alley by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

It would make courtship permanent, abolish curl-papered wives in the morning, and tipsy, bragging husbands at night.

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur

The curl-papered head of Mrs. Major poked at him over the banisters.

From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

The front door of the house on the right slowly opened, and a curl-papered head peeped out.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert