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lamé

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from French lamé.

  1. borrowed from lamé

Definitions

  1. A fabric made from gold or silver threads and silk, wool or cotton.

    • Their king, Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), an epicene seven-footer with a shaved head and what looks like a gold-lamé thong, lounges on cushions in his court, surrounded by aroused lesbians intertwined and writhing like snakes in a basket.

  2. The electrically conductive jacket worn by foil and sabre fencers.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA