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bar⋅rette

[buh-ret]
–noun
a clasp for holding a woman's or girl's hair in place.

Origin:
1900–05; < F; see bar 1 , -ette
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bar·rette   (bə-rět')   
n.  A small clasp for holding the hair in place.

[French, diminutive of barre, bar, from Old French; see bar1.]
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