love beads
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of love beads
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
Example Sentences
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She held public office continuously since she was first elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969, the days of bell-bottoms and love beads.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
I got shoulder pads and yuppies rather than love beads and hippies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2019
Off-screen, he embraced the Summer of Love, donning moccasins and love beads and declaring that “nonverbal, extrasensory communication is at hand” and that “dogmatism is leaving the scene.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2019
DG: And no love beads for Bobby Kennedy.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2017
He looked at us warily, taking in our love beads, and John’s and Warren’s long hair.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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