curling irons
- a variation of curling iron.
- plural of curling iron.
Example Sentences
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A frontlet is mentioned as part of a woman's dress in Lyly's "Midas," 1592: "Hoods, frontlets, wires, cauls, curling-irons, periwigs, bodkins, fillets, hair laces, ribbons, rolls, knotstrings, glasses," &c.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew
Bottles of every sort of essence, pomade, and cosmetic were ranged on shelves, or within glass doors, interspersed with masks, boxes for patches, bunches of false hair, powder puffs, curling-irons, and rare feathers.
From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
"Nay, a plague on your love-locks and curling-irons," the stranger cried impatiently.
From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert
She straightened it, sang, rattled the curling-irons even longer than for her mistress, tripped up and down, probably in front of the mirror, and received the kindly attentions of several waiters.
From The Indian Lily and Other Stories by Lewisohn, Ludwig
I was under the hands of the hairdresser, and I gave such a screech that he jumped back, and burned himself over the mouth with the curling-irons.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James
