curling iron
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of curling iron
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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The hotel provides a stool, hair dryer and curling iron at each station.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Taking a curling iron to a single dangling piece of hair on a bald head?
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025
Commissions range from 20 cents to $7 a purchase and can fluctuate if a certain product, like the rotating curling iron for example, starts trending, leading to more influencers making videos about it, Beaupre noticed.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2023
Whatever happens, McCain will leave behind some big shoes—and curling iron barrels—to fill.
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2021
Violet, lost in the woman’s hand-patting and her knee-rocking the little boy, forgot her own hand holding the curling iron.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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