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Ribbon

noun

(Written also riband, ribband)

Any long object resembling a thin line. Synonym: thread. "The lighted ribbon of traffic" , "From the air the road was a grey thread" , "A thread of smoke climbed upward"

An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event. Synonyms: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm.

A long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter. Synonym: typewriter ribbon.

Notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming.

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"Ribbon" Quotes from Famous Books

... little vizored cap of white leghorn, which may either have been the latest thing in children's hats, or some bit of ancient finery furbished up for the occasion. It was trimmed with a twist of buff ribbon and a cluster of black and orange porcupine quills, which hung or bristled stiffly over one ear, giving her the quaintest and most unusual appearance. Her face was without color and sharp in outline. As to features, she must have ...

— Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... to counsel his followers against a parade. They howled him down, however, and hotter heads took charge of the meeting. A dozen girls, with rolls of red ribbon, pinned a scarlet strip on the lapel of each man's coat as he entered the meeting hall. Red neckties were abundant. Red hat bands made their appearance. ...

— The Red Conspiracy • Joseph J. Mereto

... way I feel, lots of times," said Perry defiantly. "I'm tired of being clean and white, and I'm tired of dinner jackets, and I'm sick to death of hotel porches! Gee, a healthy chap never was intended to lead the life of a white poodle with a pink ribbon around his neck! ...

— The Adventure Club Afloat • Ralph Henry Barbour

... generally spent Sunday in London, and during that autumn, when walking on a Sunday in Piccadilly, I noticed more than once that the majority of the well-dressed persons promenading on the northern side of the street were Frenchmen—most of them wearing the ribbon of the Legion of Honour. They were chiefly Imperialists, for whom there was no place in France under the new regime, and they had flocked to London literally in thousands, so that the great West End thoroughfare resounded at times with the ...

— Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 • Stuart J. Reid, ed.

... other at a theatre. Wherever it is, I shall just reach right out and grab him and whisk him away. And if he's married already, he'll have to get a divorce. And I shan't care who he is. He may be any one. I don't mind if he's a ribbon clerk or a prize-fighter or a policeman or a cab-driver, so long as he's ...

— The Coming of Bill • P. G. Wodehouse

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