CURLPAPER Definition & Meaning

curlpaper

or curl pa·per

[ kurl-pey-per ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

a piece of paper on which a lock of hair is rolled up tightly, to remain until the hair is fixed in a curl.

curlpaper

/ ˈ��ɜː��ˌ��ɪ��ə /

a strip of paper used to roll up and set a section of hair, usually wetted, into a curl

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First recorded in 1810–20; curl + paper

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Now, said she, it looked like a lady with not a curlpaper out of place.

Her curlpaper head wags in enthusiasm.

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He called the place—like his volume of poems—his "Papillote," his "Curlpaper."

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After breakfast, Narcissus strolled about the town, and inquired the way to Miss Curlpaper's school.

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Letters at Miss Curlpaper's had to pass an inspection much more rigorous than the Customs, but still smuggling was not unknown.

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