curling tongs

British  

plural noun

1. Also called: curling iron.   curling irons.   curling pins.  a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls

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Example Sentences

Mr Adams said all sorts of things had been discovered by his builders, including coins, pistol balls and Victorian curling tongs, but the Hebrew writing had captured people's attention.

From BBC

He went out of the compartment and returned a few moments later with a small spirit stove and a pair of curling tongs.

From Literature

So the hair dryer stakes are high and the market deeply fragmented, not least by the popularity of newer hand-held electrical appliances like straightening irons and curling tongs.

From New York Times

Instead, it was curled most splendidly upwards all the way along as though it had had a permanent wave put into it or possibly curling tongs heated in the mornings over a tiny flame of methylated spirits.

From Literature

If she is flustered by the curling tongs clamped to her head she doesn't show it.

From The Guardian