Bobby pin in the context of "Hairpin turn"

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⭐ Core Definition: Bobby pin

A bobby pin (US English, known as a kirbigrip, kirby grip or hair grip in the United Kingdom) is a type of hairpin, usually of metal or plastic, used in coiffure to hold hair in place. It is a small double-pronged hair pin or clip that slides into hair with the prongs open and then the flexible prongs close over the hair to hold it in place. They are typically plain and unobtrusively colored, but some are elaborately decorated or jeweled. Bobby pins became popular in the United States in the 1920s to hold the new bobbed hairstyles.

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👉 Bobby pin in the context of Hairpin turn

A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend or hairpin corner) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road. It is named for its resemblance to a bent metal hairpin. Such turns in ramps and trails may be called switchbacks in American English by analogy with switchback railways.

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Bobby pin in the context of Pin

A pin is a device, typically pointed, used for fastening objects or fabrics together. Pins can have the following sorts of body:

  • a shaft of a rigid inflexible material meant to be inserted in a slot, groove, or hole (as with pivots, hinges, and jigs)
  • a shaft connected to a head and ending in a sharp tip meant to pierce one or more pieces of soft materials like cloth or paper (the straight or push pin)
  • a single strip of a rigid but flexible material (e.g. a wire) whose length has been folded into parallel prongs in such fashion that the middle length of each curves towards the other so that, when anything is inserted between them, they act as a clamp (e.g. the bobby pin)
  • two strips of a rigid material bound together by a spring at one end so that, when the spring held open, one can insert some material between the prongs at the other end that, the spring allowed to close, then clamp the inserted material.

According to their function, pins can be made of metals (e.g. steel, copper, or brass), wood, or plastic.

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