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adornment

uh dawrn muhnt

  • n  a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
  • n  the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting

  • Once the adornment of gangsters, sailors and other members of the demimonde, tattoos today decorate the lower backs, arms and ankles of everyone from millionaire soccer players to .
  • For another, each tie-dyed pattern is unique, an unautomated adventure in personal adornment.
  • Bralessness, that badge of liberation and adornment of the agein some cases, at leastmay be an insupportable custom.
Quotes

  • Michelle Malkin in Melbourne Herald Sun
    The kaffiyeh "has come to symbolise murderous Palestinian jihad. Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant (and...
  • Hodding Carter in USA Today
    It is something that I really understand and respect, having suffered, as anybody does, from having a father whose name was going to be my curse as well as my adornment,Hodding III said. "He's gotten way past the curse."

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