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CURLING PIN [2 records]

Record 1 2011-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head being the identification of the sport of curling or of a curling team or event at the other, used as a badge with a clasp to fasten it to the clothing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Courte et mince pièce métallique, à pointe avec fermoir à une extrémité, et tête portant une illustration du curling, le logo d'une équipe ou celui d'un événement dans la discipline, que l'on porte en revers de veston ou de collet lorsqu'on ne les affiche pas à la douzaine sur une casquette ou en nombre sur le devant du veston.

OBS

En Europe francophone, on utilise l'anglicisme «pin» au lieu d'épinglette.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

a metal or plastic pin on which hair is wound for curling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
DEF

Petit objet (tige, rouleau, etc.) autour duquel les femmes enroulent chaque mèche de cheveux pour la friser.

Spanish

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