be-ringleted

A form of beringleted — Having the hair in ringlets.

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Meanings

adjectivebe-ringleted (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of beringleted.

    His dress was ultra-fashionable, and he was be-jewelled, be-whiskered, and be-ringleted a merveille.

    1858 September 30, The Brooklyn Daily Times, volume 11, number 183, Brooklyn, N.Y., column 6
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    […]be-ringleted and be-flounced à la vigeur, of those elegant publications—feathers waving, ribbons floating, brown gowns vandyked with orange, and scarlet trimmed with sky blue, &c. &c.

    1830 January 14, Caledonian Mercury, number 16,911, Edinburgh, column 4

    Not long after the poodle had departed this transitory life, Fridolina was seen to contemplate with great pensiveness the countenance of a be-whiskered and be-ringleted young man.

    1869 January 23, Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, volume XXXVIII, number 12648, Buffalo, N.Y., column 7
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Chicago

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