Definition of Hair curler

1. Noun. A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it. "A woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight"

Exact synonyms: Crimper, Curler, Roller
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Device
Derivative terms: Curl, Roll

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hair Curler

hair-tidy
hair-trigger
hair ball
hair bulb
hair bundle
hair bundles
hair care
hair cast
hair cell
hair cells
hair coloring
hair colour
hair conditioner
hair conditioners
hair crosses
hair curler (current term)
hair curling
hair cut
hair cuts
hair cycle
hair diseases
hair disk
hair drier
hair dryer
hair dryers
hair dye
hair dyes
hair extension
hair follicle
hair gel

Literary usage of Hair curler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kindergarten Review (1902)
"J SOFT RUBBER hair curler AND WAVER. The most convenient, the most comfortable, and safest hair curler ever used. Avoids heating the hair, can be slept in ..."

2. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: In the Olden by John Fanning Watson (1857)
"... four hours at a sitting in getting the proper crisped curls of a hair curler. Some who designed to be inimitably captivating, not knowing they could be ..."

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