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plural straighteners
A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair. examples
Anyone or anything which straightens. examples
(slang) A prearranged fight to settle a dispute.
(slang) A bribe. quotations
'Injection or not, the bloody thing won't move an inch with juice and it ain't got any. Yeah and here comes the law.'Cool as a cucumber, Ernie said, 'Leave him to me. I'll give him a straightener.'
2001, William F. Gray, The Villain, page 65