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barrette

[buh-ret] / bəˈrɛt /
NOUN
hairpin
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Sharon Lane’s clothes were largely deteriorated, but she had jewelry, a red hair pick and a yellow barrette, and a Life Savers wrapper.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022

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

"And while she was stealing them, her barrette fell and got stuck in the crack in the shelf."

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

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

A man I no longer know but who once snapped barrettes into my hair and taught me to love Bilbo Baggins, John Lennon, and acoustic guitar.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2021

His longish black hair was pasted down with gel and held in place with two barrettes.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2020

She’s standing there looking terrified and holding on to her bag with her sweater and her extra clothes and her barrettes.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead


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