noun
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any of various pins, clasps, or rollers used to curl or wave hair
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a person or thing that curls
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a person who plays curling
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Etymology
Origin of curler
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Training for the Olympics is a Sisyphean task, but if you’re a curler, pushing a rock is kind of your thing.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
Both Homan and British men's curler Bobby Lammie had stones removed from play due to alleged violations.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
He’s also the unlikeliest curler at the Milan Cortina Games, where he could become the oldest American athlete in Winter Olympics history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
“It’s been so nice,” Czech curler Vit Chabicovsky said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Old Mrs. Antolini's hair was full of those iron curler jobs, and she didn't have any lipstick or anything on.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
Great Britain's joyless start to the Winter Paralympics continued as wheelchair curlers Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean let slip their grasp on the mixed doubles semi-finals and missed out on qualifying.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
“As Canadian curlers, we were targeted. And to go out and pull her rock like that, I think it was a tragedy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
But those paled in comparison to the outcry that erupted when some curlers — Canadian curlers — were accused of bending the rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
Team GB's women curlers delivered their best stuff in the biggest moment as they beat Denmark 7-2 to keep alive their semi-final hopes at Milan-Cortina 2026.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
And underneath her wimple She has curlers in her hair There was a voice from outside the picture.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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