curling iron
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
Recently, a man entered her salon and wanted to sell her a curling iron.
From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021
I have no time to erase the stricken look on my face, but, lucky for me, she associates it with the conditioner and curling iron that I left on the desk.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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