DCHP-3

curling iron

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a curling stone, so called because earlier "stones" were often made of iron.

Quotations

1841
. . . they are sometimes called Curling Irons, a term used chiefly by Hairdressers, which was soon laid aside, and now they are always named stones or stanes.