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Definition of Hairpins
1. hairpin [n] - See also: hairpin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairpins
Literary usage of Hairpins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"204), a duty of fifty per centum ad valorem was levied "on hairpins made of ...
S. In March, 1875, certain imported steel hairpins having been held at the ..."
2. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1915)
"There is no other perfectly common topic of conversation; hairpins because there
is no other perfectly com- 35 mon experience. Men talk to their fel- Is«"/ ..."
3. A June Romance by Norman Gale (1894)
"Titanic hairpins. The tricycle that had been charged was also vitally damaged.
Alice and I dragged the remnants a little way up the hill where was a gate by ..."
4. Industrial Home Work in Massachusetts by Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, Amy Hewes (1915)
"Since his time, the " comb shop " has nourished and Leominster produces a large
portion of the combs and hairpins made in the United States. ..."
5. Letters from a French Hospital (1917)
"three days we did not take our clothes off or our hairpins out. Things are better
now, but I do forty- one dressings every day and work from 7.30 am till 8 ..."
6. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Ernest Clark Hartwell (1921)
"... hairpins Some clever essays on matters of everyday human interest are to be
found in our daily, weekly, or monthly press. The following treatment of a ..."
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