eyelash-curler

See also: eyelash curler

English

Noun

eyelash-curler (plural eyelash-curlers)

  1. Alternative form of eyelash curler.
    • 1992 November 26, Susan Kandel, “Art Reviews: Robert Misrach: A Head in the Clouds”, in Los Angeles Times‎[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 February 2021:
      In Your Face: There is nothing coy about Dave Quick’s motorized assemblages at Ovsey Gallery. With the push of a button or the turn of a handle, they come at you. Toy Christmas trees rattle and quake. Eyelash-curlers snap their metallic jaws.
    • 2006 July 2, Geoffrey Lean, Julia Belgutay, “We're gadget-tastic!”, in The Independent‎[2], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2025:
      Peter Sendall, from Newcastle, says that he and his family have far more appliances even than the 47 listed in the report, including electric eyelash-curlers for his two daughters.
    • 2006 September 22, Meghan O’Rourke, “The Accidental Feminist”, in Slate‎[3], New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 October 2019:
      Asked whether she [Arianna Huffington] had any remaining professional fears, Huffington responded, “I am afraid of curling my eyelashes. You know, of that thing you put on your eyelashes to curl them. I am afraid it will blind me.” […] Eyelash-curlers aside, her remaining professional fear ought to be this: Can an intellectual butterfly settle down long enough to make a substantive difference?
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