eyelash-curler

plural eyelash-curlers

1. alternativeAlternative form of eyelash curler.

   Peter Sendall, from Newcastle, says that he and his family have far more appliances even than the 47 listed in the report, including electric eyelash-curlers for his two daughters.

   2006 July 2, Geoffrey Lean, Julia Belgutay, “We're gadget-tastic!”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2025

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   In Your Face: There is nothing coy about Dave Quick’s motorized assemblages at Ovsey Gallery. With the push of a button or the turn of a handle, they come at you. Toy Christmas trees rattle and quake. Eyelash-curlers snap their metallic jaws.

   1992 November 26, Susan Kandel, “Art Reviews: Robert Misrach: A Head in the Clouds”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2021

   Asked whether she [Arianna Huffington] had any remaining professional fears, Huffington responded, “I am afraid of curling my eyelashes. You know, of that thing you put on your eyelashes to curl them. I am afraid it will blind me.” […] Eyelash-curlers aside, her remaining professional fear ought to be this: Can an intellectual butterfly settle down long enough to make a substantive difference?

   2006 September 22, Meghan O’Rourke, “The Accidental Feminist”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2019