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barrette

[buh-ret] / bəˈrɛt /
NOUN
hairpin
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A blue velvet box bearing a label "bracelets of Queen Marie Antoinette" holds the double bracelets, each composed of three strings of diamonds and a large barrette clasp, for a total of 112 diamonds.

From Reuters • Nov. 3, 2021

Hair was wound into a tight bun or frizzed-out, perhaps accented by golden heart barrette, lightly folded like butterfly wings.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Before she left the United States to compete in the Olympics, Athing Mu spied a hair barrette in a department store.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2021

When I first met Porpentine outside a coffee shop in Oakland, Calif., she was wearing a skirt and patterned knee socks, her strawberry blond hair pulled back in a small plastic barrette.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2014

Maybe Ms. Zelda lost the barrette, just as she said.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene




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