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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: 'fastener, tassel'

tassel

 noun
     
Related topics: Daily Life
tas‧sel [countable]
D threads tied together at one end and hung as a decoration on clothes, curtains etc
—tasselled British English also tasseled American English adjective
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