Paillette

//pælˈjɛt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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 another"

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sequinspangle

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"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 another"

Etymology

Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.

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