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beribboned

American  
[bih-rib-uhnd] / bɪˈrɪb ənd /

adjective

  1. adorned with ribbons.


Etymology

Origin of beribboned

1825–35; beribbon ( be- + ribbon ) + -ed 2


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Christmas is a feeling inside, not something in a beribboned box.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2021

My attitude is, I recognise, exactly as basic as the hordes of people who drop mountains of cash on beribboned boxes of chocolates.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2018

The 1969 movie “Z,” about a failed Greek military plot, ends memorably with a sequence of beribboned officials called before a Mueller-like prosecutor to hear their indictments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2017

Jason awkwardly leaves, but first hands Alicia a small, beribboned gold box.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2016

Even Ash had to admit that she was an imposing figure, and when she gathered Ana and Clara to her to kiss their beribboned heads, Ash felt like a sparrow among peacocks.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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