curled hair
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I know that you could present our case to the committee as well as though we all went, and put it in its true light, so that they can not help but see that the proposed taking off of the duty on curled hair would not only be an injury to us as manufacturers, but more so to our workmen, who now, as you know, earn good wages, and at the same time the proposed removal of the duty on curled hair would not benefit them in the least, for as a manufacturer of mattresses I would say that were the price of hair mattresses one-half what they now are, which of course is impossible, it would still be beyond their power and purse to indulge in such luxury even should they earn the same wages as now;"
- "Reports in our local newspapers Tuesday, January 7, 1913, stated that Mr. Charles Delaney, of Philadeplphia, Pa., has been agitating before the Ways and Means Committee to place curled hair on the free list. Mr. Delaney, owner of the curled-hair works in Philadephia, Pa., and Toronto Canada, as well as South America, is able by employing cheap laber to manufacture a cheaper hair, and placing curled hair on the free list would mean an open market for him, thereby seriously ruining the curled-hair business in this country."
- "The purpose of the rules is to protect industry, trade, and the purchasing public from unfair trade practices in respect to curled hair and curled hair mixtures in the several forms and products in which it is used and passed through the channels of distribution and trade to users, re-sellers, and ultimate consumers. The curled hair used in the industry consists, mainly, of horse mane, horse tail, cattle tail and hog hair."
- "Curled hair is used in the manufacture of mattresses and in upholstering furniture and automobiles."
- "But artificially curled hair always loses its curl in damp weather."
- "In tomb decorations of Dynasty XII at Beni Hasan and at Meir, processional scenes show women with curled hair for the first time, as well as foreigners bearing gifts to the tomb owner and wearing their hair in long flowing curls down to the shoulders."