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rickrack

noun

variants or ricrac

Definition of rickrack

as in stripe

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Recent Examples of rickrack Add a festive touch to the table with these red dinner napkins with a charming rickrack trim. — Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 17 Jan. 2023 The collection, which came out earlier this summer, included formal pieces such as black peak lapel tuxedo jackets with grosgrain ribbon ties and a white pajama set with white rickrack detail. — Marisa Meltzer, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022 This pack of three is is playfully trimmed with wavy rickrack that will instantly brighten up any tablescape ahead of holiday dinner parties. — Anna Tingley, Variety, 14 Nov. 2022 Photocopy pictures, glue them to silver paper, and frame them with rickrack and other trims to turn your Christmas tree into a family scrapbook. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2022 Use lengths of black rickrack to cover the drawing, attaching it with hot- glue. — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022

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Noun

The hypnotizing corduroy stripes of curling blue waves visible from the resort’s expansive green clifftop lawn en route to a private staircase that leads straight to the surf—and a guest-only beach deck, too.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Their flat sole, oval toe, and characteristic side stripes are instantly recognizable.

— Renata Joffre, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of stripe

Noun

The exterior of the sculpture is adorned with synthetic braids, a fundamental material with Peacock, for whom braiding is a metaphor for relation, an embrace, irreducible intimacy.

— Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Her beauty look, with gleaming skin and braids pulled back neatly, was similarly unfussy.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of braid

Noun

Parker’s hair was gathered into an enormous, layered, fishtail braid that starts high on the back of her head with a bow, its ends interlaced intermittently with the incredibly thick folds of the plaits.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 2 Oct. 2026
Her glossy hair, braided into two plaits, hung down over her shoulders in a style unusual for young girls these days.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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