Crimping iron

An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair.
A crimping machine.

See also: Crimp, Crimp

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
References in classic literature
Why must their ruffs be always crinkled like endive leaves, and not crimped with a crimping iron?" (From this we may perceive the antiquity of starch and crimped ruffs.) Then he goes on: "Poor gentleman of good family!
For the 'fashionista' in your home what about a Victorian Crimping Iron? Beautifully made in brass and iron, the cylinders would have been heated by inserting hot pockers into one side.
no mousse, and certainly no fuckin' woman's crimping iron. The rest of the flow program's hair was just as troubling, with Max from Kansas City's Ralph Malph-nest of ginger frizz being the closest as any of them came to carrying on Toy Machine's tradition of hair excellence.
The crimping iron fad started off in the Fifties,but returned with a vengeance in the Eighties,as women went retro.
You don't need expensive hairdressers to achieve this hippie look - a simple crimping iron and 10 minutes to spare and you too could look like the supermodel.
Get the look: Whether you crimp it all or just do it in sections, you'll need to dig out your old crimping iron. For real drama, crimp the whole head in small sections, then brush out the underneath layers for maximumvolume.
Most cost her about pounds 9 each and the most expensive was only pounds 14, although the collection includes an 1863 crimping iron - a type of mangle - for which she wa s recently offered pounds 180.
"I created a classic beehive hair style, adding volume by using crimping irons."
There'll be examples of gas and petrol irons, goffering and crimping irons, crested irons, hat and flower irons, travel irons, carpet irons, toy irons and associated pieces such as laundry stoves, a linen press and trivets.
Getting ready for the party and going mad with the crimping irons and headband was in a strange way liberating - I was back in time when I had no responsibility and saved my pocket money for a Constance Carroll roll-on strawberry lip gloss.
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