curl-papers

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Noun

curl-papers

  1. plural of curl-paper.
    • 1831, L E L[andon], Romance and Reality. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, pages 88–89:
      It is not situation—people who were indifferent in a moonlight walk, have taken a fit of sentiment in Piccadilly. It is not early association—indeed, the chances are rather against the Paul and Virginia style. It is not dress—conquests have been made in curl-papers.