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la⋅bret

[ley-bret]
–noun
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.

Origin:
1855–60; < L labr(um) lip + -et
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la·bret   (lā'brĭt)   
n.  An ornament inserted into a perforation in the lip.

[Latin labrum, lip; see leb- in Indo-European roots + -et.]
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