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bobby pin

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bobby pin
n.
A small metal hair clip with the ends pressed tightly together.
[From bob.]
bobby pin
Noun
US, Canad, Austral & NZ a metal hairpin
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Noun1.bobby pin - a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip"
hairgrip, grip
hairpin - a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place
Translations
bobby pin [ˈbɔbɪ-] n (US) → pince f à cheveux


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We need to redesign the power system before a terrorist with a bobby pin manages to do deliberately what power technicians now do unintentionally.
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Most agreed that come time for performance, unwashed hair is the most malleable--leave-in-conditioner also helps--and you can never have too many bobby pins and hairnets on hand.
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When I photographed follicle mites--insects that live on our pores--I scraped my forehead with a bobby pin to get a sample.
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