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Meanings of ribband in English

A ribbon used as a decoration.

Usage of ribband in English
1
All in white, and no ribband in your hair!-likea Christian.
The Emperor — Volume 10
2
La Touche listened, standing, and still holding the ribband of seaweed in his fingers.
The Beach of Dreams: A Romance
3
Generals wore a pink ribband and aides a green one.
In the Days of Poor Richard
4
A new ribband for me will cost one, and the same for Agne, two.
Serapis — Volume 01
5
Timothy drew from his large leathern purse a curiously-twisted ribband.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
6
Spinning, knitting, making of cord, fringe, trimming, ribband, pasteboard, &c.
Paris as It Was and as It Is / A Sketch Of The French Capital, I...
7
No shopkeeper sells a yard of ribband for sixpence when seven-pence is the current price.'
Life of Johnson, Volume 2 / 1765-1776
8
His waistcoat was of gosling green, and his sisters had tied his hair with a broad black ribband.
The Vicar of Wakefield
9
A sky-blue ribband illustrated that.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3
10
Put on a big, two-story bearskin cap with a red ribband tied around it an' bring plenty o' gewgaws.
In the Days of Poor Richard
11
She struggled, and in struggling her wrist was hurt; that's the meaning of the broad black ribband!-Wicked creature!
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)
12
Preston paced the ground and laid down strips of white ribband marking the distance which was to separate the principals.
In the Days of Poor Richard
13
Lady L--took notice of her wrist being bound round with a broad black ribband, and asked, If it were hurt?
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)
14
Since my last, I have heard nothing more concerning the ribband; but I take it for granted it will be disposed of soon.
Letters to His Son, Complete / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man...
15
You go for a couple of hours beside a glacier stream which is almost all the way a broad ribband of white foam.
The Gold of Chickaree
16
Even the colour of a shoe, the knot of a ribband, or your attitude in plucking a rose, were of moment to be recorded.
Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
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