Strips of paper used to roll hair into curls while it dries, creating waves or ringlets.
Compound word: 'curl' plus 'paper,' referring to the paper strips used in hair styling, a common pre-20th-century method for setting curls without electric heat.
Before blow dryers and curling irons, curl papers were essential beauty tools—women would roll their hair on these strips at night and sleep on them, which is honestly less damage to hair than modern heat-based methods!
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