red ribbon

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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.

Origin of red ribbon

1
First recorded in 1715–25

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How to use red ribbon in a sentence

  • 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.

    The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
  • 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.

    Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. Parkman
  • The young ladies were all in dark blue dresses, touched up with a red ribbon here and there, and wore light straw hats.

    A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.