paillette

noun
/pælˈjɛt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.

  1. borrowed from paillette

Definitions

  1. A sequin or spangle.

    • A plump and energetic chanteuse of some ten summers, incandescently blond, now emerged from a back recess wearing a gown of artificial golden paillettes sewn, not to any underlying fabric but only—precariously—to one another

The neighborhood

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