curler

curl +‎ -er

curler (plural curlers)

1. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; […].

2. A sportsman who plays curling.
3. (soccer) A pass or a shot of the ball which swerves.

   The captain sent a curler into the top corner of the net.

   • 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:

     Lampard was replaced by Kalou but the substitute immediately gave the ball to Jonas, whose 25-yard curler was tipped wide by Cech.