Meanings
plural bobbypins
- alternativeAlternative form of bobby pin.
Ida turned swiftly with mouth full of golden bobbypins.
2012, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women2 more examples
"You look like a tramp," Quinn said, and starting forward suddenly, so that she cried out, he gave a flip at her hair and the bobbypin fell out.
1941, Whit Burnett, Martha Foley, Story - Volumes 19-21, page 90She held it up to the light — a standard wire bobbypin of a dark shade, the sort that is manufactured for brunettes.
2015, Niven Busch, California Street, page 386
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