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badines

badines is the plural of badine.

Meaning of badine

Noun

badine (plural badines)

  1. A short, decorated switch or rod, carried by the fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries.
    • A badine, or switch, dangles in the hand of the beau, whose bare head is dressed with enormous curls, and a fore-top.1798, The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England) - Volume 83, page 4

Questions about badines

What is badines the plural of?
Badines is the plural of badine.

Words near badines in the dictionary

  1. badinages
  2. badinaging
  3. badine
  4. badinerie
  5. badineries
  6. badines
  7. Bading Poblacion
  8. badione A
  9. Badiot
  10. Badiouan
  11. badious

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