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单词 bobby pin
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bobby pinn.

Etymology: Etymology uncertain, but compare bob v.5 and bobby sock n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbobby pin.
U.S.
A kind of sprung hair-pin or small clip, originally for use with bobbed hair.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > pin
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bobby pin1936
grip1960
1936 J. Lawrence If I have Four Apples iv. vii. 201 She wondered whether she had lost all the bobby-pins from her marcelled hair.
1939 C. Morley Kitty Foyle viii. 81 How patient he was picking up bobby pins and the caps of coke bottles.
1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) iii. 32 Her dark, straight, glossy hair was worn short and loose, without so much as a bobby-pin.
1956 R. A. Heinlein Double Star (1958) v. 87 Penny girl, got a bobby pin?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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