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noun
A curl made by dampening a lock of hair, fashioning it into a coil, and securing with a hair pin or clip while it dries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a curl of hair made by dampening a strand of hair and curling it and holding the curl with a clip or bobby pin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: crimp
History
From pin + curl.
