Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fillet for tying up the hair of the head.
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Examples
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My mother was a very old woman, who once sold her hair-lace, and bought wine with it, for me to consecrate a day with. '
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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One of his guards picked it up, and Richard said that it 'was only his wife's hair-lace.'
Historical Mysteries Andrew Lang 1878
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