beribboned

[ bih-rib-uhnd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

"A beggar's brat Francis found here when he took the castle," replied the beribboned spark addressed.

The gingham dress was such as a daughter of the people might have worn, and the straw hat, though beribboned, was not impressive.

As he was folding one of his coats there dropped from its inside pocket a mesh of beribboned lace.

It was not till two weeks later that a satined and beribboned box of sweets arrived by post for Miss Moore.

The baby reposing in its beribboned crib is china and excelsior.

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