bedecked

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Little babies were thus bedecked, and the tender ears of some consequently hung distorted and stretched three inches downward, both the upper rim and the lobe of the infant's ear being perforated with rings.

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  • The flower-bedecked riverfront terrace is the main selling points of this trendy spot, with its view of suspiciously teal river water, a few shiny high-rise wedges, and of course the occasional tour boat.
  • Across the street, a yarmulke-bedecked Stephen Burgher agreed there is no obvious solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. —  Latest Articles
  • Who could resist a young, articulate IRA member resplendent in a shamrock-bedecked kaffiyah? —  AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media
  • In Season Two of AMC's Emmy-bedecked series Mad Men, Jones uncorked a magnum of cool wrath as Betty, the wife of philandering ad executive Don Draper, banishing him from their dream house and later picking up a stranger at a bar for extra added payback. —  VF Daily
  • Amundsen's team set up a tent-bedecked with the Norwegian flag and Fram's pendant-that they named "Polheim". —  Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth
 

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