barrette

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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

Shannon unclipped the barrette in her hair and tilted her head forward, revealing a bald spot the size of a silver dollar.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2017

“This is so not cool,” I say to Tats, unclasping my bangs from a barrette halfheartedly holding them.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali