barrette
noun/bəˈret/
/bəˈret/
(North American English) (British English hairslide, slide)
- a small piece of metal or plastic used for holding the hair in place and as a hair decorationTopics Clothes and Fashionc2Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, diminutive of barre ‘bar’.
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