hairgrip

plural hairgrips · alternative hair-grip · alternative hair grip

1. A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.

   Eve had chewed the cushion tip from her hairgrip and had begun bending back one end of the stiff piece of metal.

   1981, Gillian Allnutt, Spitting the Pips Out, page 51

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   Then she leant over towards the bedside table, selected a hairgrip from amongst the crusted trio littered beside her hairbrush, and tenderly inserted the looped end into her right ear, turning it delicately to dredge for wax.

   1985, Patricia Ferguson, Family myths and legends, page 8

   “The hairgrip was in this envelope", Ulrika Stenholm said, passing him another small plastic bag containing a white envelope.

   2016, Leif G. W. Persson, The Dying Detective, page 111

   Synonyms: bobby pin, grip, kirby grip