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paillettes

paillettes is the plural of paillette.

Meaning of paillette

Noun

paillette (plural paillettes)

  1. A sequin or spangle.
    • A plump and energetic chanteuse of some ten summers, incandescently blond, now emerged from a back recess wearing a gown of artificial golden paillettes sewn, not to any underlying fabric but only—precariously—to one another2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450

Questions about paillettes

What is paillettes the plural of?
Paillettes is the plural of paillette.

Words near paillettes in the dictionary

  1. paillasson
  2. paillassons
  3. paille maille
  4. paillette
  5. pailletted
  6. paillettes
  7. paillon
  8. paillons
  9. pailoo
  10. pailoos
  11. pailou

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