Feeding at a tubular blossom protruding out of the headdress is a hummingbird. From Wordnik.com. [Did you know? Mexico is home to more than fifty hummingbird species] Reference
This headdress is a frame into which the hair is twisted on each side, and a few hairs are taken from the top of the head up to the frame. From Wordnik.com. [The Assault on Everest] Reference
In western Iraq, the favored headdress is white and red; in the south it is white and black. From Wordnik.com. [Differences between the Shia and Sunni in Iraq] Reference
The headdress is a tall cap of ermine of the style of. From Wordnik.com. [Venus in Furs] Reference
The headdress was a later addition after I cut off my long hair. From Wordnik.com. [Ren Faire update, part 2.] Reference
You can see the rather ragtag headdress I constructed for her from cardboard and foam core. From Wordnik.com. [2008 September | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr] Reference
The headdress is a white oblong cloth, about six inches wide and about eighteen inches long. From Wordnik.com. [The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays] Reference
It was too dark to make out colors, but the pattern of the headdress was the same as Bethina's. From Wordnik.com. [Conan and The Mists of Door]
(Note that I wrote feather "dress" and not "headdress" -- didn't want any confusion on that front.). From Wordnik.com. [Lindsay Mannering: So Out It's In: Fun With Feathers] Reference
If married, their headdress is the same as that of the Shan women — a huge dark-blue conical turban. From Wordnik.com. [AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA]
Her headdress was a monstrous structure adorned with flowers, and superimposed by little ostrich plumes. From Wordnik.com. [Scaramouche] Reference
The mill girl boasts no coquetry of any kind around her neck and waist, but her headdress is a tribute to feminine vanity!. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls] Reference
On one side of the headdress was the character (shou) and on the other side was a bat (the bat in China is considered to be lucky). From Wordnik.com. [Two Years in the Forbidden City] Reference
Mashala had been wearing the hijab for a month, but was told the headdress was a violation of the district's ban on headware in school. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2004] Reference
Others put on reindeer suits without the headdress of antlers. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
How about a headdress made of lace, glass shards and human hair?. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Gaga and all of her awesome outfits come to Verizon Center tonight] Reference
Shall appear thy name, and the minutiæ of thy headdress and petticoat. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
Fleetfoot wished that he could have a headdress and take part in the dance. From Wordnik.com. [The Later Cave-Men] Reference
DAVIES: And you got this guy to give you, what was it, a Comanche headdress?. From Wordnik.com. [Missing 'Priceless' Artwork? Call Robert Wittman] Reference
They could have put a headdress on me and had me hand out cigars by the door. From Wordnik.com. [Land of Our Fathers] Reference
In ample black drapery and wearing a widow's headdress, the aged woman entered. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
The 71-year-old donned a gown and headdress at the Giles Spring/Summer 2011 show. From Wordnik.com. [71-Year-Old Veruschka Returns To Modeling At Giles Spring/Summer 2011 Show (PHOTOS)] Reference
His serpent skin headdress and battle axe scepter, too, were relics from the past. From Wordnik.com. [The Sun King] Reference
He was a tall fierce figure with brightly painted body and brilliant headdress of feathers. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
One was young and rather good-looking, and all wore the striking headdress of North Mongolia. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
A bow of ribbon or any other perky little headdress will detract from the straight cross lines. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture] Reference
Eisner's feather headdress will not have been knocked off in time for Halloween flapper costumes. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Givhan on Tom Ford's beautiful -- if secret -- new line] Reference
In the poster, an elephant with a jeweled headdress stood on its hind legs warily eyeing the ringmaster. From Wordnik.com. [‘A Handbook to Luck’] Reference
Sticking out of the thin ridge were some feathers, the headdress of a small, perfectly preserved statue. From Wordnik.com. [Children Of The Ice] Reference
A plaque depicts a female figure in an elaborate headdress with a tree-of-life motif, her hands raised as if in worship. From Wordnik.com. [Going for the Gold] Reference
Queen Puabi's headdress is an elaborate confection of golden leaves, golden ribbons and rosettes, set off with lapis flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Why Should We Care?] Reference
The fruit seller wears a lovely Carmen Miranda headdress, and the dog, in beret, is quite transported as he plays chamber music. From Wordnik.com. [Innocence And Experience] Reference
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