tassels

• “Now the stripper with the tassels is definitely not in the Mr. Garfield song.”

  The Death of James A. Garfield « A Fly in Amber

• “Wide gold snakeskin belts were tied in the back with tassel ed rope (recalling the tassels on Gucci's bags).”

  The Wall Street Journal: Gucci Opens Milan Shows With Harem Pants

• “Lariat necklace • Long strand of beads or metal, sometimes ending in tassels, that is not fastened by a clasp.”

  Simon & Schuster: Before You Put That On

• “Though usually referred to as tassels, they are sometimes termed houppes or fiocci.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability

• “The tassels are a part of the large tálîth, or prayer-shawl, used universally during religious services: this garment is worn in such a way that the çîçîth are visible in front.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “When these are put on, they reach from the chin to the feet, on to which they fall in ample and graceful folds, and you don them by holding them up with your teeth, and fastening them anywhere near and round your waist with a pretty, long silk ribbon with tassels, which is generally let hang down artistically over the right side.”

  Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm

• “Upon the "tassels" of the cope of Richard Ruffus were depicted the martyrdoms of St. St.phen and St. Thomas.”

  Internet Archive: Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]

• “She was wearing a flowy striped aquamarine Louis Vuitton gown, lots of blue chunky jewelry on her wrists and long blue earrings that were actually tassels from her grandmother's Italian furniture.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Paradise in White and Blue

• “Future classes in the six-week session include learning to make tassels and pasties, tassel-twirling "nothing bonds a group of women like tassel twirling class" says Midnite, guest lessons by Honey Touche, Fannie Spankings, Peggy Tulane, and Tatianna TaTa, and how to make your burlesque costume.”

  The Huffington Post: Angora Holly Polo: The Burlesque Class

• “There the furniture seemed somehow less heavy; the carved marble mantelpiece had a lightness to it, as did the faded silk shades on the table lamps, dripping with tassels and frills.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Priest

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