crimping-iron

Its course was as regularly crooked as a crimping-iron.

The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Hulbert Footner 1911

Her face is almost hidden under a voluminous frill, made of innumerable rows of lace, crimped with a crimping-iron, and her crown, half a yard in height, surrounded by golden rays, looks like a hideous catafalque erected over her head.

Dona Perfecta Benito P��rez Gald��s 1881

There should be at least six flat-irons, two rings, and a crimping-iron, two dozen clothes-pins, and an ample line on which to hang the clothes.

The Young Housewife's Counsellor and Friend: Containing Directions in Every Department of Housekeeping. Including the Duties of Wife and Mother 1875

A crimping-iron, will crimp ruffles beautifully, with very little time or trouble.

A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Catharine Esther Beecher 1839

a ruffle-iron, a crimping-iron, are also desirable.

A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Catharine Esther Beecher 1839