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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

I hoped the store would let me take the barrette back, because it seemed I wouldn’t be able to give it to her.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

Parents were braiding children’s hair, adding ribbons and pig-shaped barrettes.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2023

The installation will consist of three 9-foot-tall paper sculptures in the shape of vintage church fans adorned with ball barrettes.

From Seattle Times Jul. 20, 2023

“That’s a fancy baby,” a 4-year-old girl with colorful barrettes said as she walked by our stroller at a neighborhood park.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2022

They wear neutral, off-the-rack Banana Republic dresses, while Jane spends most of the movie sporting bright knits, chunky barrettes and florals that pop.

From Salon Dec. 1, 2020

Her bunny barrettes glowed in the light of the sun.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo




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