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- noun Plural form of
aigulet .
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Examples
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His coat was new and bright, and glittered with its gold buttons and tasselled aigulets.
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His coat was new and bright, and glittered with its gold buttons and tasselled aigulets.
Henry Ossian Flipper The Colored Cadet at West Point Flipper, Henry O 1878
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Sir Basil, I believe, went to a great man, and puts a hundred guineas into the hands of his Gentleman -- by the which I mean his Menial Servant, save that he wore no Livery; but there's many a Base wretch hath his soul in plush, and the Devil's aigulets on his heart.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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His dress, and that of his attendants, is recorded for our gratification: -- 'For he was apparelled in a coat of purple velvet, cut in cloth of gold, and tied with aigulets and trefoils of gold to the number of four hundred.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 Various 1836
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