[
UK
/hˈeəɡɹɪp/
]
NOUN
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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
How To Use hairgrip In A Sentence
- Attach the bow to the small plait using elastic and hairgrips. The Sun
- Hairgrips, a pencil, a bobbin, a teaspoon with an apostolic head.
- The dress had been delivered to her, along with gloves in cream silk, embroidered kidskin slippers, a silk and tortoiseshell fan, and a tortoiseshell hairgrip in the shape of a butterfly.
- She had long dark hair pulled back with a red butterfly hairgrip. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- Pull the smaller side section behind your ear and fix in place with a hairgrip. The Sun
- Danny looks the least attractive of the bunch of boys, sitting backstage in powder and hairgrips.
- Inevitably most flyers not flyerers are transported back to my flat in the bottom of my bag, soggy and covered in crumbs, hairgrips and satsuma peel. Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh
- In short, he was making the most of his ferreting, like some old trout picking hairgrips in a supermarket.
- Hairgrips, a pencil, a bobbin, a teaspoon with an apostolic head.
- The dress had been delivered to her, along with gloves in cream silk, embroidered kidskin slippers, a silk and tortoiseshell fan, and a tortoiseshell hairgrip in the shape of a butterfly.
