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
"Loop on your love beads, and we'll pass on a few hints from the grooviest cookbook ever. First, pick around in the shelves there until you find something with a picture on it."
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2022
I got shoulder pads and yuppies rather than love beads and hippies.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2019
She is 1960s Cher, the original recipe, barely 20 years old in Cleopatra eyeliner, tossing her long, shiny, raven hair, wearing bell-bottoms and love beads.
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2018
She did her best to give them a little respite from the war zone: she wore her love beads, put ribbons in her hair, and dabbed perfume behind her ears every morning.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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