Lovebead
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From love + bead.
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