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labrets

labrets is the plural of labret.

Meaning of labret

Noun

labret (plural labrets)

  1. A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip.
    • Purchas, speaking of the use of a labret by certain Mexicans, makes Peter Martyr say “that he doth not remember that he ever saw so filthy and ugly a sight,[…]1889, Henry Colley March, “The Meaning of Ornament; or its Archæology and its Psychology”, in Transactions of the Lancashire and Chesire Antiquarian Society, volume 7, page 162
    Synonyms:
    Mao, tongue pillar

Questions about labrets

What is labrets the plural of?
Labrets is the plural of labret.

Words near labrets in the dictionary

  1. Labree
  2. Labrees
  3. labrep
  4. labret
  5. labretifery
  6. labrets
  7. labrid
  8. labrids
  9. Labrie
  10. Labries
  11. labriform

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