Alice band en · NOUN
Etymology
From Lewis Carroll's fictional Alice, often depicted wearing the headband in the illustrations in Through the Looking-Glass.
Meanings
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A flexible horseshoe-shaped headband.
She looked, Harry, thought, like somebody’s maiden aunt: squat, with short, curly, mouse-brown hair in which she had placed a horrible pink Alice band that matched the fluffy pink cardigan she wore over her robes.
2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice bands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
is hárspöng (Translations) · ja ヘアバンド (Translations) · cs čelenka (Translations) · sk čelenka (Translations) · ja カチューシャ (Translations) · id bando (Translations) · de Haarreif (Translations) · cmn 頭箍 /头箍 (Translations) · sl naglavni obroč (Translations) · de Haarreifen (Translations) · cmn 髮箍 /发箍 (Translations)
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