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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

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

From Washington Times Nov. 19, 2023

A trans dad holding his daughter as she excitedly claps to music with a head full of colorful barrettes twinkling under the sun.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2023

The nonbinary student, who sometimes wore barrettes and clips in their locks, was allowed back in class under an exemption the judge extended.

From Seattle Times Oct. 26, 2021

Funky hair clips and barrettes that could have lined the walls of Claire’s stores 20 years ago have also resurfaced.

From New York Times Aug. 11, 2021

Fern shook four braids and barrettes and said, “No,” taking delight in answering no for no’s sake.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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