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
Go-go boots and love beads would not do; they needed more practical clothes that fit their new lifestyles.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021
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
On one trip, he watched with gentle amusement as women in flowing skirts and love beads put flowers in soldiers’ guns, then sat on the lawn, holding hands, trying to levitate the Pentagon.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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