plait

For the unaware, that classic acronym comes from the French phrase Répondez s'il vous plait.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023

The moment finally came after riding hard and alone for 80 breathless kilometres, her French plait swinging in the cold autumnal breeze.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2021

She stood about four and a half feet tall and liked to keep her hair shoulder length, in a plait, her grandfather said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2019

I will, however, send a JRPMP: Je réponds parce-qu’il ME plait — “because it pleases me.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2017

She ought to have bright bows to set off the two silky curls at the end of each plait.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

Education Minister Nyan Gadsby Dolly called for new rules that would allow students to wear Afros, locks, twists, plaits and cornrows, which are called canerows in the Caribbean in reference to sugarcane.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

Patricie: No, we have carefully planned the plaits not to be longer than our ankles.

From BBC ● May 11, 2023

And under questioning by Veronice Holt, Mayfield’s attorney, McDaniel acknowledged that Mayfield was never thinly built with dreadlocks or plaits — which is how a witness had described one of the shooters.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022

Some quipus descend from high ceilings like the bloody entrails of ancient matriarchs; others are nothing more than plaits of grass.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022

Rosaleen’s hair was done up in perfect cornrow plaits, which I guessed May had done for her after supper.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Elsewhere in Haute Couture Week, Puerto Rican music star Bad Bunny sat front row for the Schiaparelli show in a pastel yellow-coloured suit and a tie of plaited golden strands.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

A tad dramatic perhaps but to be fair, Woodburn's plaited, platinum bun was iconic.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025

The young millennial rocked different hairstyles and loved switching it up: a curly Afro one week, two-strand twists the next, micro plaited braids and a range of cornrow designs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024

This week, the bakers are instructed to make a plaited bread centerpiece.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2023

The dress of the young man who now stepped out on to the terrace was Indian; but his plaited hair was straw-coloured, his eyes a pale blue, and his skin a white skin, bronzed.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

It takes a willingness to understand and honor the hairstyle's origins and what that plaiting symbolizes to accept that not everybody should flaunt it.

From Salon ● May 2, 2025

“It is less risky if we go as a group,” she said while plaiting her friend’s hair.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

John Frieda Frizz Ease Clearly Defined Gel was Aspiras' go-to while plaiting the two side braids, which he secured with clear elastics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2018

Still, Mcdonald's skill as a director is in plaiting pauses and speech together to make an ordinary play look good and a good one scintillating.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2013

On those days I had the thrill of getting up even earlier, grooming Quince until she shone, plaiting her mane and tail, oiling her hooves, then traveling with her in the horse trailer.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall