bobby pin
Example Sentences
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Sometime later in my girlhood, I picked up ear cleaning again, this time making do with a bobby pin.
From New York Times
Allen was “always taking my socks and bobby pins, following me around everywhere I went,” Rashad, 72, remembers.
From Washington Post
In this game, I would bobby pin one of my grandmother’s yellow towels over my own hair.
From New York Times
But there are threats that we haven’t evolved to perceive, and need to learn about, which is why your kid won’t eat broccoli but will happily toddle toward an electrical outlet, bobby pin in hand.
From Washington Post
Then, set yourself up in front of a mirror, with your scissors or clippers, a comb, hair clips or bobby pins if you have them, and a hand mirror within reach.
From Washington Post
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