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Definition of Ribbons
1. ribbon [v] - See also: ribbon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribbons
Literary usage of Ribbons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"ribbons illustrative of the ordinary Coventry ribbon manufacture. ... [The staple
trade of Coventry is tho manufacture of ribbons and of thrown silk, ..."
2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"ON ribbons. THE uncle of the present Sir Louis N. Bonaparte, KG, &e., inaugurated
his reign as Emperor over the neighboring nation by establishing an Order, ..."
3. At the Sign of the Lyre by Austin Dobson (1889)
""T ITTLE Blue-ribbons !" We call her that -1—* From the ribbons she wears in her
favourite hat; For may not a person be only five, And yet have the neatest ..."
4. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1898)
"ON ribbons. HE uncle of the present Sir Louis N. Bonaparte, KG, &c., inaugurated
his reign as Emperor over the neighbouring nation by establishing an Order, ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1828)
"Mr. Fyler presented two petitions for the repeal of the act of last session, to
prevent t IK; |ise of ribbons at Elections. One of them was signed by 5000 ..."
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