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curler|ˈkɜːlə(r)|
[f. curl v. + -er1.]
1. One who curls (hair, etc.); an appliance for curling the hair.
1748Smollett Rod. Rand. (1812) I. 58 You pitiful trencher⁓scraping pimping curler. 1882Echo 31 Jan. 4/5 Advt., Ostrich Feather Curler wanted. 1887Sci. Amer. 9 July 26 A hair or mustache curler has been patented.
2. A player at the game of curling.
1638R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841–2) I. 163 He was a curler on the ice on the Sabbath day. 1785Burns Vision i, The sun had clos'd the winter day, The curlers quat their roarin play. 1864A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock 115 The curlers of one quarter of the town would frequently challenge..those of another. |