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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

There are accessories that riff on some of the best lines, such as a barrette imprinted with “full of secrets.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2017

What I got was not exactly a barrette.

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

Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

In 2021, he told a veteran’s daughter, “I love those barrettes in your hair, man.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

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

The girls’ hair holds the shape of braids even without barrettes.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai


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