bobby pin

English
A plain bobby pin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bob haircut, which the bobby pin was designed to keep under control.

Noun

bobby pin (plural bobby pins)

  1. (US) A type of double-pronged hairpin.
    • 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
      [H]e still didn't like looking down the drain. The brass cross-hatch inside that was supposed to catch things like clots of hair or dropped bobby-pins had disappeared years ago, and so there was only a dark hole rimmed by a circle of tarnished steel.

Synonyms

Translations
type of hair pin — see hairgrip
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