0 a U-shaped metal pin that is tightly bent and slides into the hair in order to keep it back off the face or to keep part of the hair in position --
1 a U-shaped pin tightly bent so that the two sides touch, used esp. to keep hair in a desired way --
They can either be secured with a hairpiece, a hairnet and bobby pins.
In addition to bobbed hair, bobby pins are often used in up-dos, buns, and other hair styles where a sleek look is desired.
Ballet dancers often use hairnets and bobby pins to make the bun as tight and neat as possible.
Hair elastics, bobby pins and hairnets should be the same colour as the cadet's hair.
His favorite sign of good luck was finding a pin, especially a bobby pin, particularly on a game day.
To use a bobby pin in hair hold the hair in the desired position and push the bobbing pin (straight side down) into place.
Some researchers have suggested that it may be related to the bobby pin which was in vogue during the same period.
Bobby pins and other types of hairpins are used for restraining the hair.
