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straightening iron

noun as in curling iron

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A Pennsylvania woman has been arrested on charges of coercing children into performing sexual acts on her and “branding” them with a straightening iron as a part of a two-year-long torture scheme, according to prosecutors.

“Whether by choking them with cords, beating them with a bat, or ‘branding’ them with a straightening iron … the defendant sought to control her young victims – both to keep them from revealing her heinous conduct and to get their cooperation in providing her with sexual pleasure,” he said.

This had come after I explained how I often had to build five or 10 minutes into my routine when I left the house, to allow for time to go back and check that I had turned off the shower and the oven, unplugged a straightening iron, and locked the door.

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I personally believe it was the combination of Listerine and the heat from the straightening iron.

I have abandoned my intricate routine of gel, comb, mousse, straightening iron, curling iron, and hairspray...that would totally derail us getting to school on time.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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