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red ribbon
noun
- a badge, banner, rosette, or the like made of red-colored ribbon or other material and used to signify the achievement of second place, as in a contest.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red ribbon1
First recorded in 1715–25
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Example Sentences
Rita felt sure that Dic would come to see Tom that evening, and the red ribbon was in evidence soon after supper.
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The Government cannot fail to reward with a bit of red ribbon so disinterested, so philanthropic a devotion.
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Before him stood his aunt in a nightcap adorned with a broad red ribbon, and in a white dressing-jacket.
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Afterward, he noticed that his grandfather always wore a little red ribbon in his buttonhole.
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The young ladies were all in dark blue dresses, touched up with a red ribbon here and there, and wore light straw hats.
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