Ringlet
['rɪŋlɪt] or ['rɪŋlət]
Definition
(noun.) any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae.
(noun.) a small ring.
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Definition
(n.) A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.
(n.) A curl; especially, a curl of hair.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Small ring.[2]. Curl, tress, lock.
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Examples
- One curl of a girl's ringlet, one hair of a whisker, will turn the scale against them all in a minute. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I never can touch her hand, or a ringlet of her head, or a ribbon of her dress, but I will make privileges for myself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She cried fit to break her heart; her ringlets fell over her face, and over the marble mantelpiece where she laid it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His hair, which absolutely grew in full ringlets, was of the very finest silken quality. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We let their bodies go abroad liberally enough, with smiles and ringlets and pink bonnets to disguise them instead of veils and yakmaks. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The hair was to fall over the neck and face in a profusion of careless ringlets, and, inside my vest, an Indian amber-coloured hankerchief. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The noble bust, the sloping shoulders, the graceful neck, the dark eyes and black ringlets were all there;--but her face? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There, now I'll take off the papers and you'll see a cloud of little ringlets, said Jo, putting down the tongs. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You were but a girl, in white, with large ringlets; you came down singing--do you remember? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was a breezy sunny day; the air freshened the girls' cheeks and gracefully dishevelled their ringlets. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A fair girl with rich brown hair hanging free in natural ringlets. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She curled her hair and showed her shoulders at him, as much as to say, did ye ever see such jet ringlets and such a complexion? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They wore great beards and ringletted long hair, tall caps and long robes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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