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View synonyms for barrette
barrette
[ buh-ret ]
noun
- a clasp for holding a woman's or girl's hair in place.
barrette
/ bəˈrɛt /
noun
- a clasp or pin for holding women's hair in place
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of barrette1
C20: from French: a little bar, from barre bar 1
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Example Sentences
He had on tan pants and a white T-shirt, had a goatee, and his overgrown hair was held back to one side with a barrette.
From The Daily Beast
One man was holding his sleeping toddler whose barrette was falling out of her hair from a long day of dancing next to the palace.
From The Daily Beast
She reached up as she spoke to fasten back her curls with the shell barrette that usually held them at the back of her neck.
From Project Gutenberg
The King was so indignant that he was very near refusing him the barrette.
From Project Gutenberg
Barthélemy Barrette asked me, on the day after that unbought feast at Royaulieu.
From Project Gutenberg
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