wristlet
Americannoun
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a band worn around the wrist, especially to protect it from cold.
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a bracelet.
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Slang. a handcuff.
noun
Etymology
Origin of wristlet
Example Sentences
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With a wristlet, a clutch, a key chain, a necklace, a sweater and stud earrings — all part of the Disney Miss Piggy Collection by Kate Spade New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2016
The Kate Spade New York x Everpurse collection of three styles includes a wristlet in black, and black-and-white stripes, and two black totes, large and small.
From US News ● Nov. 20, 2015
In early August, The Times obtained an itemized store receipt from the waste district showing the purchased items were actually a sapphire blue Michael Kors designer purse, two wallets and a wristlet.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 4, 2014
A simple wristlet goes for $20, while a Hindu god or a black panther can cost in excess of $500.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several shell and turquois beads were found, but my limited studies of the cliff-houses revealed only a few other ornaments, among them being beads of turkey-bone and a single wristlet fashioned from a Pectunculus.
From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Jesse Walter Fewkes
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