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Word entry · 6 letters

tinsel

Best crossword clue

"Shiny holiday strands"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɪns(ə)l/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eilnstStarts with TEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. interweave with tinsel

Word origin

The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun; while the verb is derived from the noun.

Used in a sentence

  • Firſt, the hethermoſt, in the changeable blew, and greene robe, is the commendably-faſhioned gallant, Evcosmos; […] The fourth, in watchet tinſell, is the kind, and truly benefique, Evcolos.
  • O! it is divine and moſt admirable, and ſo farre beyond all that ever he publiſhed heretofore, as day-light beyond candle-light, or tinſell or leafe-gold above arſedine; […]
  • Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold, / And all her ſteed with tinſell trappings ſhone, / Which fledd ſo faſt, that nothing mote him hold, / And ſcarſe them leaſure gaue, her paſſing to behold.

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