curling iron

or curling irons

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noun

a rod, usually of metal, used when heated for curling the hair, which is twined around it.

Origin of curling iron

First recorded in 1625–35

Also called curling tongs.

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A baseboard or wall outlet is convenient for connecting a heater, curling-iron, and other electrically heated devices.
Artificial Light
M. Luckiesh
There was something indescribably touching in that curling-iron and those two mugs.
Your United States
Arnold Bennett
I desired a curling-iron; so I borrowed a big silver dollar of a friend, and hastened away to the largest dry-goods shop.
Alaska
Ella Higginson
"Any woman who has a conscience like that ought to cauterize it—with a curling-iron—and get rid of it," he observed dryly.
Amazing Grace
Kate Trimble Sharber
She had made a hasty attempt with a curling-iron, and burned her finger and much hair.
Flappers and Philosophers
F. Scott Fitzgerald