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red ribbon

noun

  1. a badge, banner, rosette, or the like made of red-colored ribbon or other material and used to signify the achievement of second place, as in a contest.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of red ribbon1

First recorded in 1715–25

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Example Sentences

Rita felt sure that Dic would come to see Tom that evening, and the red ribbon was in evidence soon after supper.

The Government cannot fail to reward with a bit of red ribbon so disinterested, so philanthropic a devotion.

Before him stood his aunt in a nightcap adorned with a broad red ribbon, and in a white dressing-jacket.

Afterward, he noticed that his grandfather always wore a little red ribbon in his buttonhole.

The young ladies were all in dark blue dresses, touched up with a red ribbon here and there, and wore light straw hats.

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