hairpin
n.
also hair-pin, 1788 (two words), from hair + pin, n.. A hairpin turn, etc., is from 1906. Hairpin (or clothespin) was American English slang for "person" c.1880-1910, especially in the expression "That's the kind of hairpin I am."
词汇 | hairpin |
词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary hairpin n. also hair-pin, 1788 (two words), from hair + pin, n.. A hairpin turn, etc., is from 1906. Hairpin (or clothespin) was American English slang for "person" c.1880-1910, especially in the expression "That's the kind of hairpin I am." |
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