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lovebead

lovebead noun: a bead made from a dyed seed pod, strung in a long beaded necklace and worn by men or women as part of countercultural fashion in the 1960s and 1970s.

Noun

lovebead (plural lovebeads)

  1. A bead made from a dyed seed pod, strung in a long beaded necklace and worn by men or women as part of countercultural fashion in the 1960s and 1970s.
    • The vast Victorian lobby contained a pullulating mass of characters, mainly young, dressed in the assorted output of the Carnaby Streets, the sari sweatshops, the micro-mini makers and the lovebead stringers of the world.1971, Social Research - Volume 38, page 704
    • But even in my lovebead days I would have drawn the line at having sex in a public park.2013, Catherine Todd, Secret Lives of Second Wives, →ISBN

Forms of lovebead

plurallovebeads

Origin of lovebead

From love + bead.

Questions about lovebead

What does lovebead mean?
Lovebead means a bead made from a dyed seed pod, strung in a long beaded necklace and worn by men or women as part of countercultural fashion in the 1960s and 1970s.
What part of speech is lovebead?
Lovebead is a noun.
What is the plural of lovebead?
The plural of lovebead is lovebeads.

Words near lovebead in the dictionary

  1. loveaholics
  2. Loveall
  3. Lovealls
  4. loveapple
  5. loveapples
  6. lovebead
  7. lovebeads
  8. lovebird
  9. lovebirded
  10. lovebirding
  11. lovebirds

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