rickrack

Example Sentences

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The hostess’s outfits often involve rickrack, and its zigzag harmonizes with her emotional movement from manic peaks to depressive valleys and back again.

From The New Yorker

“General Kelly, I need you to go to Party City and get some red, white and blue streamers, some crazy stars, a hot glue gun, and some rickrack. We’re making a float.”

From The Guardian

Or they could just be worthless rickrack trim.

From Salon

"Graphic motifs and engineered prints, rope and rickrack, pearls and macrame, mules and moccasins, structured and bohemian ease."

From US News

Time and budgets ruled out making the costumes from scratch, so Siple shopped at vintage stores and then gave the garments exuberant makeovers, going heavy on the ruffles, rickrack and trim.

From Washington Post