Marilla was a tall, thin woman, with angles and without curves; her dark hair showed some gray streaks and was always twisted up in a hard little knot behind with two wire hairpins stuck aggressively through it.
" A man could "wear his hair up" or "let his hair down," or "drop hairpins" that would only be recognized by other gay men.
Citizens in Chengdu, the capital of south west China's Sichuan province have been spotted sporting quirky antenna hairpins.
" As she talked, she checked to see that everything was in place She opened the window and peered out Here came the prince in yellow along the trail with his dogs "If this silly girl thinks she is going to flirt at the window," said the stepmother to herself, "she has another thought coming to her" She sent the girl for a glass of water and some sugar, then hurriedly removed five or six hairpins from her own hair and concealed them in the pillow with the sharp points sticking straight up "That w
It has grown too thin To hold the hairpins any more.
Flowery hairpins fell to the ground, no one picked them up, And a green and white jade hair-tassel and a yellowgold hair- bird.
