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Examples

  • A few days later I bought a pair of silver stilettos at Bergdorfs and a sparkly barette at Bendel's to hold the front curtain of my hair in place.

    Gioia Diliberto: Forever Halston 2009

  • Džunglist leitakse aga elusalt nülitud «rohelisi barette» ja džunglis on veel keegi... keegi peaaegu nähtamatu, kes muudab militaarse võsamadina hoopis ulmefilmiks.

    Predator (1987) Ulmeguru 2008

  • I will have to find the picture to show you, but I have almost the same picture for kindergarten - same hair cut, same barette in my hair, etc.

    On the road again... Dayle A. Dermatis 2007

  • E's hair is still so baby fine that it sticks straight up and will not hold a baby barette for anything.

    Love pedantry? Try this on for size! 2006

  • And I got some more of the animal-like barette things and I will - not - lose them this time.

    everything that's good is gone imsoalone 2001

  • Six scalps, all right -- one replete with braids and a plastic barette.

    Hollywood Nocturne Ellroy, James 1994

  • Etymologically, the word biretta is Italian in origin and would more correctly be written beretta (cf. however the French barette and the Spanish bireta).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • The barette which held the girl's hair at the back was so high that the full beauty of the nape of her neck was revealed.

    Grain of Dust. 1911

  • The barette which held the girl's hair at the back was so high that the full beauty of the nape of her neck was revealed.

    The Grain of Dust David Graham Phillips 1889

  • Feel that crooked barette in your hair and the car keys in your pocket as you fall out of bed.

    Charlottesville Blogs the Coconut Girl 2010

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  • cross-reference to "barrette"

    July 5, 2009