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Meanings of tinsell (tinselled) in English

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Usage of tinselled in English
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Of that the little coat of mail and tinselled mask bore witness.
The Justice of the King
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All that seemed lacking was the sawdust ring and a tinselled garb.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
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Wished they to join the thoughtless throng in the tinselled hall of fashion?
Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland
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And so our enemy uses mirages, and will-o'-the-wisps and tinselled crowns.
My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
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He said to himself, Now am I finely tinselled, indeed!
The Prince and the Pauper
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Slant sunshine glitters on polished gun-barrels and tinselled uniform.
Tales and Sketches / Part 3 from Volume V of The Works of John G...
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Then there is an embroidered mask, a tinselled toy of a thing but pretty enough.
The Justice of the King
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Nothing fanciful, nor tinselled, nor masonically smart characterises it.
Our Churches and Chapels: Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregation...
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I thought one of them had begun to spin off course, tinselled out, when they blew.
Broken angels
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These are women who would not be donning a tinselled merkin in the centre of London.
The Guardian
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He had a tinselled turban on his head.
Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.
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Ours, you see, was not to be a flower-strewn journey of tinselled prince to embowered princess.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
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The cheap tinselled make-believe, full of alloy
The Court of Boyville
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The land lay like a crumpled mass of silver velvet, heaped to tinselled brightness here, hollowed to velvety shadow there.
Angel Island
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Old Mr. Bushrod Mosby she had known for years- averitablerustic macaroni, a piece of tinselled flotsam floating on backwater.
Stubble
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Her arms were filled with the yellow plumes and her dress was tinselled with the dried pollen that floated in the air.
The Voice of the People
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