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Meaning of bobby pin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A type of double-pronged hairpin.

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Equivalents

Suomi hiuspinni
日本語 アメピン
Polski wsuwka

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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