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Date: 1900-2000
Language: French
Origin: barre; BAR1

barrette

 noun
     
Related topics: Hair and Beauty
bar‧rette [countable]
American EnglishDCB a small metal or plastic object used to keep a woman's hair in place [= hair-slide British English]
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