Noun : an overseas ribbon. ,clothes torn to ribbons. From Dictionary.com.
She was hazy about dates, but she was almost sure that the chairs were ribband-backed. From Wordnik.com. [Paradise For Two]
Pa went up this morning and got a sifter, some ribband, needles, pocket handkerchiefs &c. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel A. Agnew : September 27, 1863-June 30, 1864,] Reference
Her name used to soar like a small bird, or flutter inevery passing breeze like a ribband. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
Since my last, I have heard nothing more concerning the ribband; but I take it for granted it will be disposed of soon. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
E'er shall avail her neck to begird with yesterday's ribband. From Wordnik.com. [The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus] Reference
Faith stooped down to be nearer the level of the red ribband. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume I] Reference
One particular parcel, long and soft, was tied with white ribband. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume II] Reference
With a haggard face and a ribband of red entwined in her hair of brown. From Wordnik.com. [The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses] Reference
"Sam -- go to my room and fetch that plaid ribband that lies on the bed.". From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume I] Reference
F.S. Q. "The ribband worn in the hat" was styled "a favour" previous to the S.otch. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
La Touche listened, standing, and still holding the ribband of seaweed in his fingers. From Wordnik.com. [The Beach of Dreams] Reference
"She does not want to ask me any questions," said Mr. Linden as he untied the ribband. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume I] Reference
"Now," said her captor unbinding her ribband, "what do you think I am going to ask you?". From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume I] Reference
The Queen was finely dressed, with a ribband and order over her shoulder, and she sat by the. From Wordnik.com. [The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3)] Reference
Only from a fluttering end of blue ribband that appeared, she could guess their destination. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume II] Reference
"Well you won't see round the corner now," he said softly and laughing as he tied on the ribband. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume I] Reference
She had a quantity of hair over her one eye, and a blue ribband tied fashionably around her neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4] Reference
Star of the Cross of Honour with two little strips of grass running from the top to imitate the ribband. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
Shortly after, a dark clump was seen rounding the corner, and coming on along the white ribband of road. From Wordnik.com. [The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley] Reference
Even the colour of a shoe, the knot of a ribband, or your attitude in plucking a rose, were of moment to be recorded. From Wordnik.com. [Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale] Reference
Meta Beggs wore a shirtwaist perforated like a sieve; through it he saw flimsy lace, a faded blue ribband, her gleaming shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Mountain Blood A Novel] Reference
'My dear sir,' returned the other, 'it was not your face, but your white stockings and the black ribband in your hair, that allured me. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar of Wakefield] Reference
Look, Loo, how the ivory light bathes the prairie and shimmers on the sea of corn, and makes of the little creek a ribband of silver. From Wordnik.com. [Elder Conklin] Reference
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