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labret

[ ley-bret ]

noun

  1. an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.


labret

/ ˈɪɛ /

noun

  1. a piece of bone, shell, etc; inserted into the lip as an ornament by certain peoples
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of labret1

1855–60; < Latin labr ( um ) lip + -et
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of labret1

C19: from Latin labrum lip
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Example Sentences

Someone taps me on the shoulder then and I turn around and find myself staring at this unspeakably hot twenty-something girl with a labret piercing, flaming red hair, and boots up her calves.

From

Labret, lā′bret, n. a piece of bone, shell, &c. inserted into the lip by savages for ornament.—adj.

From

There are no high mountains in Alaska, and one year seems to be rather a long period, yet the general fact remains; secondly, a button of wood, or ivory, or stone, called a labret, is placed in the lower lip of girls, in some tribes of boys, in other of both.

From

If you will look close at some of these Eskimo women, or even men, you will find that they have a hole through their lower lip, and some of them wear this little ‘labret.’

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A “labret” of ivory or even of wood they valued at four or five dollars—or asked so much as that at first.

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