hair slide

British

noun

a hinged clip with a tortoiseshell, bone, or similar back, used to fasten the hair

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"I hope some of the BBQ sauce in Trump’s hair slides off, he trips and falls and can’t run," Baldwin tweeted just before Christmas.

From Fox News

Nia swishes her head and her hair slides around her dark eyes.

From Literature

Or, for something slightly subtler, try a clip-on earring or even a hair slide.

From The Guardian

Eugenie set off her evening look with diamond and emerald drop earrings - a wedding gift from the groom - and a hair slide belonging to the Queen.

From BBC

Outside one deli, a local mum with cropped hair slides in through the front door in a camel-coloured overcoat.

From The Guardian

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