straightener
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈstɹeɪt(ə)nɚ/
straightener (plural straighteners)
- A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
- Anyone or anything which straightens.
- (slang) A prearranged fight to settle a dispute.
- (slang) A bribe.
- 2001, William F. Gray, The Villain (page 65)
- 'Injection or not, the bloody thing won't move an inch with juice and it ain't got any. Yeah and here comes the law.'
Cool as a cucumber, Ernie said, 'Leave him to me. I'll give him a straightener.'
- 'Injection or not, the bloody thing won't move an inch with juice and it ain't got any. Yeah and here comes the law.'
- 2001, William F. Gray, The Villain (page 65)
- Portuguese: chapinha
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