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- noun Plural form of
tassel .
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Examples
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Now the stripper with the tassels is definitely not in the Mr. Garfield song.
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Wide gold snakeskin belts were tied in the back with tassel ed rope (recalling the tassels on Gucci's bags).
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Lariat necklace • Long strand of beads or metal, sometimes ending in tassels, that is not fastened by a clasp.
Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005
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Lariat necklace • Long strand of beads or metal, sometimes ending in tassels, that is not fastened by a clasp.
Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005
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Lariat necklace • Long strand of beads or metal, sometimes ending in tassels, that is not fastened by a clasp.
Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005
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Though usually referred to as tassels, they are sometimes termed houppes or fiocci.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The tassels are a part of the large tálîth, or prayer-shawl, used universally during religious services: this garment is worn in such a way that the çîçîth are visible in front.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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When these are put on, they reach from the chin to the feet, on to which they fall in ample and graceful folds, and you don them by holding them up with your teeth, and fastening them anywhere near and round your waist with a pretty, long silk ribbon with tassels, which is generally let hang down artistically over the right side.
Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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Upon the "tassels" of the cope of Richard Ruffus were depicted the martyrdoms of St. St.phen and St. Thomas.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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She was wearing a flowy striped aquamarine Louis Vuitton gown, lots of blue chunky jewelry on her wrists and long blue earrings that were actually tassels from her grandmother's Italian furniture.
Paradise in White and Blue Marshall Heyman 2011
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