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Definitions of hairpin in various dictionaries:
noun - a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place
A thin, cylindrical strip of metal or other material bent in the shape of a long U, used by women to secure a hairdo or headdress.
Something shaped like a hairpin, especially a sharp turn in a road.
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| A U-shaped fastener for your 'do, or a U-shaped curve in the road |
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| a U-shaped pin for fastening the hair. |
| a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place |
| a thin, U-shaped metal pin that is used to hold part of the hair in a suitable position |
| A U-shaped pin for fastening the hair. |
| A thin cylindrical strip of metal or other material bent in the shape of a long U, used to secure a hairdo or headdress. |
| Something shaped like a hairpin, especially a sharp turn in a road. |
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A hair pin or hairpin is a long device used to hold a person's hair in place. It may be used simply to secure long hair out of the way for convenience or as part of an elaborate hairstyle or coiffure. The earliest evidence for dressing the hair may be seen in carved "venus figurines" such as the Venus of Brassempouy and the Venus of Willendorf. The creation of different hairstyles, especially among women, seems to be common to all cultures and all periods and many past, and current, societies use hairpins. * Hairpins made of metal, ivory, bronze, carved wood, etc. were used in ancient Assyria and Egypt for securing decorated hairstyles. Such hairpins suggest, as graves show, that many were luxury objects among the Egyptians and later the Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans. Major success came in 1901 with the invention of the spiral hairpin by New Zealand inventor Ernest Godward. This was a predecessor of the hair clip. * The hairpin may be decorative and encrusted with jewels and ornaments, or |