rickrack
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rickrack
1880–85, gradational reduplication of rack 1
Example Sentences
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Another trim making a comeback is rickrack, featuring squiggle design that adds a playful touch.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
In one instance, we had to recreate Charlie's black vest with the cream rickrack.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2023
In the distance, snowcapped peaks undulated like a strip of rickrack.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
Sui outsized her trims in giant rickrack and jewel-toned ostrich feathers, all styled with the punky wigs adorned with little bows on top.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2019
When Mammachi arrived in the kitchen, in her petticoat and pale pink dressing gown with rickrack edging, Vellya Paapen climbed up the kitchen steps and offered her his mortgaged eye.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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