hair grip

A form of hairgrip — A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.

Meanings

nounhair grip (plural hair grips)

plural hair grips

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hairgrip.

    She couldn't wear a hair grip or slide to hold her hair back in case friction caused the powder to ignite so wisps escaped and yellowed too.

    2013, Maggie Hope, Molly's War, page 152
    2 more examples

    She could not have weighed more than five stones, her straight, chin-length grey hair was parted on the side and held back with a hair grip that sometimes had a pink or blue bow made out of ribbon tied to it.

    2011, Sue Butler, Too Much Death, page 128

    'And how do you know all this?' she asked, smoothing back an immaculate curtain of iron-grey hair and securing it with a quick stab of her hair grip.

    2011, Ceri Radford, A Surrey State Of Affairs
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APA

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Chicago

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