Bobby pin
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A type of double-pronged hairpin. US
"[H]e still didn't like looking down the drain. The brass cross-hatch inside that was supposed to catch things like clots of hair or dropped bobby-pins had disappeared years ago, and so there was only a dark hole rimmed by a circle of tarnished steel."
- 2 a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place wordnet
Example
More examples"[H]e still didn't like looking down the drain. The brass cross-hatch inside that was supposed to catch things like clots of hair or dropped bobby-pins had disappeared years ago, and so there was only a dark hole rimmed by a circle of tarnished steel."
Etymology
From bob haircut, which the bobby pin was designed to keep under control.