pin curl

1. 1.

   a curl of hair made by dampening a strand of hair and curling it and holding the curl with a clip or bobby pin

   Broadercrimp

Questions about pin curl

What does pin curl mean?

pin curl means "a curl of hair made by dampening a strand of hair and curling it and holding the curl with a clip or bobby pin".

Is pin curl a common word?

pin curl is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.