Synonyms for hairpin


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hair-pin
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌpɪn


Définition of hairpin

Origin :
  • also hair-pin, 1788 (two words), from hair + pin (n.). A hairpin turn, etc., is from 1906. Hairpin (or clothespin) was American English slang for "person" c.1880-1910, especially in the expression "That's the kind of hairpin I am."
  • noun hair fastener
Example sentences :
  • "You're losing a hairpin on the left side of your head," was all I said.
  • Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones
  • A hairpin will not remove it; therefore let us call it immovable.
  • Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
  • I believe I can pick it off little by little with a hairpin or a pair of scissors or something.
  • Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart
  • And you picked the lock with a hairpin, and came here all alone to flirt with my Jack!
  • Extract from : « Oh! Susannah! » by Mark Ambient
  • She tried to pierce my eyes with that hairpin that you saw just now.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 7 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
  • She looked at herself in profile and readjusted a hairpin above her ear.
  • Extract from : « Dubliners » by James Joyce
  • He drove on up the trail as it climbed the canyon wall in hairpin slants.
  • Extract from : « Space Platform » by Murray Leinster
  • They had expected to see him fall, smitten with the hairpin!
  • Extract from : « Openings in the Old Trail » by Bret Harte
  • She had a hairpin in her mouth and returned the greeting with a slight lifting of eyebrows.
  • Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
  • He noticed it, saw a hairpin and two nickles and a card or two.
  • Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

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