| 单词 | curl-paper | 
| 释义 | curl-papern.  A piece of soft paper with which the hair is twisted up for some time, so as to give it a curl when the paper is taken out. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > 			[noun]		 > curling implement > curl paper papers1685 roller1739 papillote1748 toilet paper1809 curl-papera1817 a1817    Anna Lefroy in  Jane Austen Volume the Third 		(1951)	 130  				In the Dressing room..he had the..satisfaction of picking up a curl paper. 1826    Moore Amatory Colloquy in  Morning Chron.  				Those soft billet-doux..Will serve but to keep Mrs. Coutts in curl-papers. 1853    C. Dickens Bleak House xxii. 224  				With her head in a perfect beehive of curl-papers and nightcap. 1924    C. Mackenzie Old Men of Sea xix. 325  				Ciggyrettes! Oh dear!.. I did once have a try at chewing ciggyrettes, but I reckon I might as well have started in chewing curl-papers. 1966    C. Mackenzie Paper Lives xv. 203  				‘Do any women still put their hair in curl-papers? I thought they used these metallic things.’.. ‘I recall..seeing our housemaid with her hair covered in curl-papers.’ Derivatives  ˈcurl-papered adj. having the hair in curl-papers. ΚΠ 1867    Bk. Humorous Poetry 324  				Wife curl-paper'd, slipshod, unwash'd and undress'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  | 
	
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