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Definition of Ribboning

1. ribbon [v] - See also: ribbon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribboning

Literary usage of Ribboning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay by Massachusetts Court of Assistants, John Noble, John Francis Cronin (1901)
"... found w* hir seuerall yrds of blacke fower penny ribboning fower ... silke & ribboning to hir about 3 or 4 nights after the late fier in ..."

2. Report on the Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont by Augustus Arthur Perceval Egmont, Sophia Crawford Lomas, William Page, Ireland Court of Castle chamber (1905)
"... 80 3 doz. ribboning points and a long one - - - 12 0 Margin. ... 30 6 yds. of 8d. ribboning, hooks and eyes and tape - 40 Margin : "Arthur and Geo. ..."

3. Report on the Manuscripts of the Earl of Egmont by Augustus Arthur Perceval Egmont, Sophia Crawford Lomas, William Page, Ireland Court of Castle chamber (1905)
"50 Buttons, lace and silk ------ 30 6 yds. of 8d. ribboning, hooks and eyes and tape - 4 0 Margin: "Arthur and Geo. Stuff paid for. 11. 14s. 10</. ..."

4. Second Report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1913 by George Moses Price, James P. Whiskeman, Elizabeth C. Watson, Zenas L. Potter, Charles Baskerville, Charles F. McKenna, Charles T. Graham Rogers, John H. Vogt, George A. Hall, Pauline Dorothea Goldmark (1913)
"The rate of payment is 3 cents per dozen for ribboning, 3 cents a dozen for ... corset covers (6 cents a dozen for ribboning and sewing on 36 buttons). ..."

5. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"... or scintillating blue water ribboning beneath stark-white, standing-driftwood trees. Round a bend and you'll see a lagoon or a morass. ..."

6. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"My shirt was stuck to my shoulders and ribboning out behind. The stars were dancing, wheeling and glancing, dipping with smirk and beck. ..."

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