"hair grip" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hair grips [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hair grip (plural hair grips)
  1. Alternative form of hairgrip Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hairgrip
    Sense id: en-hair_grip-en-noun-iQwyf5H6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013, Maggie Hope, Molly's War, page 152",
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