See wristlet on Wiktionary
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"text": "Grey Gauntlet, you of the wristlets wrought / Of home-spun soft and grey, / Do you hear the flashing needles click / Three thousand miles away?",
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"ref": "1921 October 17, “Derbyshire Executive. [A Gift to Mrs. Cutts.]”, in Mark Lane Express, Agricultural Journal & Live Stock Record: The Farmers’ Newspaper, volume 126, number 4699, London: Isaac Alger, →OCLC, page 461, column 2:",
"text": "The Chairman added that the presentation to Mr. Cutts would not be complete without a gift for Mrs. Cutts, who had also shown considerable interest in the National Farmers' Union, and he had great pleasure in handing to her a gold wristlet watch, which was inscribed with her monogram.",
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"ref": "1953 December 4, Webster J. Oliver, Chief Judge, “Dale Products Corp. et al. v. United States (C.D. 1565)”, in United States Customs Court Reports: Cases Adjudged in the United States Customs Court, volume 31, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 178:",
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"ref": "2013 September 5, JoAnne Klimovich Harrop, “Small wristlets make big fashion statement”, in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, Pa., archived from the original on 2019-02-20:",
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"text": "Of all the bags London-based stylist Harriet Byczok laid out before her [actress Maisie Williams], it was a black pyramid-shaped wristlet with a gold chain and tassle that caught her eye – a creation from Singapore brand Charles & Keith.",
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"text": "[H]e rushed at us; we grasped hold of him; I took right round him; Tennant took hold of his arms; we had not a great deal of a scuffle with him; he used all of his strength apparently, and I put forth all of my strength to overcome him; we put these wristlets on him, and the strap around his waist; the wristlets were ordered off; […]",
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"ref": "1915 April, Elmina Atkinson, “Grey Gauntlet”, in The Bookman, volume XLVIII, number 283, London: Hodder and Stoughton […], →OCLC, page 17, column 2:",
"text": "Grey Gauntlet, you of the wristlets wrought / Of home-spun soft and grey, / Do you hear the flashing needles click / Three thousand miles away?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1921 October 17, “Derbyshire Executive. [A Gift to Mrs. Cutts.]”, in Mark Lane Express, Agricultural Journal & Live Stock Record: The Farmers’ Newspaper, volume 126, number 4699, London: Isaac Alger, →OCLC, page 461, column 2:",
"text": "The Chairman added that the presentation to Mr. Cutts would not be complete without a gift for Mrs. Cutts, who had also shown considerable interest in the National Farmers' Union, and he had great pleasure in handing to her a gold wristlet watch, which was inscribed with her monogram.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1953 December 4, Webster J. Oliver, Chief Judge, “Dale Products Corp. et al. v. United States (C.D. 1565)”, in United States Customs Court Reports: Cases Adjudged in the United States Customs Court, volume 31, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 178:",
"text": "Counsel for the plaintiffs, in their brief, have cited cases wherein the merchandise consisted of wristlets or straps fitted with metal buckles and used for holding wrist watches.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist; especially, a closely knitted one to keep it warm; a muffetee."
],
"links": [
[
"decorative",
"decorative"
],
[
"bracelet",
"bracelet"
],
[
"encircle",
"encircle"
],
[
"wearer",
"wearer"
],
[
"closely",
"closely"
],
[
"knitted",
"knitted#Adjective"
],
[
"warm",
"warm"
],
[
"muffetee",
"muffetee"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wristband"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 September 5, JoAnne Klimovich Harrop, “Small wristlets make big fashion statement”, in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, Pa., archived from the original on 2019-02-20:",
"text": "Sliding a wristlet around your arm gives you the ability to talk on the phone, text, email, browse through clothing racks or hold your Starbucks coffee without having to worry about where your purse is. Leaving your hands free is what makes this micro purse more than just a fashion accessory. […] Women will stash a wristlet inside their everyday larger handbag or tote, and pull it out after work and take it for drinks or out to dinner so they don't have to carry a big bag with them, […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2016 September 23, Alyssa Woo, “Wristlet a ‘perfect’ match”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-02-20:",
"text": "Of all the bags London-based stylist Harriet Byczok laid out before her [actress Maisie Williams], it was a black pyramid-shaped wristlet with a gold chain and tassle that caught her eye – a creation from Singapore brand Charles & Keith.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Morgan Jerkins, “Monkeys Like You”, in This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America, New York, N.Y.: Harper Perennial, →ISBN:",
"text": "[…] I lost my Dooney & Bourke wristlet, which was a status symbol for white girls back in the midaughts, and I panicked. The wristlet contained both my wallet and cell phone, and I was sure that I would never see either one again.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A small handbag with a short strap for attaching it to the wearer's wrist."
],
"links": [
[
"handbag",
"handbag"
],
[
"short",
"short#Adjective"
],
[
"strap",
"strap#Noun"
],
[
"attach",
"attach"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1859 December 16, James H. Noble (witness), Report of the Select Committee to which was Referred the Memorial of Dr. Saunders and Others, Asking for an Investigation into the Causes of the Death of Norris Tarbell, at the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. […] (Assembly (State of New York); no. 43), Albany, N.Y.: Printed by C. Van Benthuysen, published 16 April 1860, →OCLC, page 44:",
"text": "[H]e rushed at us; we grasped hold of him; I took right round him; Tennant took hold of his arms; we had not a great deal of a scuffle with him; he used all of his strength apparently, and I put forth all of my strength to overcome him; we put these wristlets on him, and the strap around his waist; the wristlets were ordered off; […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1861 July and August, W[illiam] Carmichael McIntosh, “Notes on Asylums and the Insane in France and Belgium”, in The Journal of Mental Science, volume VIII, number 41, London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, published April 1862, →OCLC, page 12:",
"text": "Attached to each of these beds is a strong leathern strap, with a wristlet, for securing the arm of the patient at night. […] The scene in the dormitories for the paralytic and furious was distressing; camisoles, straps, wristlets, leg and ankle locks everywhere abounded.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A handcuff."
],
"links": [
[
"handcuff",
"handcuff#Noun"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹɪs(t)lət/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-lɪt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹɪs(t)lət/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɹɪs.lɨʔ̚]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "grivna",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гривна"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "braslet",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "браслет"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "canellera"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "samaǯuri",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"word": "სამაჯური"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "braccialetto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinturino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manetta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "remešók",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ремешо́к"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulsera"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"word": "bileklik"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "reminécʹ",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"word": "реміне́ць"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "braslét",
"sense": "decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist",
"word": "брасле́т"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "barsétka",
"sense": "small handbag with a short strap for attaching it to the wearer's wrist",
"word": "барсе́тка"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brooklyn Museum",
"DKNY"
],
"word": "wristlet"
}
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