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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 then she saw the glimmer of a bunny barrette, a bunny barrette that was attached to the head of Louisiana Elefante.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo

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

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

There they started out selling 14-karat gold chains, then later brass and nickel jewelry, plastic hair beads, ponytail holders and barrettes to street peddlers and mom-and-pop-shop owners.

From New York Times Mar. 18, 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

I turned to my right and got a mouthful of hair and barrettes.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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