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noun plural -bies

a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries

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Words nearby bead-ruby

bead lightning, bead molding, bead plane, bead plant, beadroll, bead-ruby, beadsman, beadswoman, bead test, bead tree, beadwork

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How to use bead-ruby in a sentence

Ruby also danced in a chorus of a Hollywood club for a while, as her marriage deteriorated and finally ended in divorce.
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Ruby Pearl kept order, and the more responsibility she took the more Spahn relied upon her.
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the last few years, however, Spahn gradually began to notice changes in Ruby Pearl.
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After Spahn had obtained the movie ranch, Ruby applied for a job there and was hired.
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At one community fair, in Thousand Oaks, Ruby met a man, a wrestler, who would become her next husband.
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He went back to his praying mat and bent again toward the west, where the Holy Kaaba enshrines the ruby sent down from heaven.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
He seemed to have abandoned himself to a reverie, and to be seeing pleasing visions in the amber bead.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
As a rule, Ruby Ann was popular with the majority of the people, and there had been some opposition to a change.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes
Mrs. Biggs had not expected Ruby Ann to call, and her face wore a vinegary expression when she opened the door to her.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes
Then he spoke of Ruby Ann, the biggest woman he ever saw, he believed, and just the one for a school-teacher.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes