Psyche knot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Psyche knot
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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He tried to imagine her daintily slippered, clad in white, with her loose hair gathered in a Psyche knot; or in evening dress, with arms and throat bare; but the pictures were difficult to make.
From A Mountain Europa by Fox, John
June was coming in—she wore her homespun, her scarlet homespun and the Psyche knot.
From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Fox, John
The Psyche knot at the back of her head, and the wreath of wild olive, certainly bespoke Belle.
From The Motor Girls by Penrose, Margaret
Around her slender throat was a string of priceless pearls, a gift from her father, and her hair, dark and lustrous, was arranged in a Grecian Psyche knot with gold bands.
From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur
The fair hair was brought smoothly up over the well-shaped head, and wound in a pretty, fluffy Psyche knot.
From Three Margarets by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)
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