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lapel

[ luh-pel ]

noun

  1. either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.


lapel

/ əˈɛ /

noun

  1. the continuation of the turned or folded back collar on a suit coat, jacket, etc
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • · adjective
  • ·l adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lapel1

1780–90; irregular diminutive of lap 1; -le
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lapel1

C18: from lap 1
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He has been but a speck of lint on the Lakers’ lapel, a bit of dust at the end of the Lakers’ bench, a small and irrelevant bystander in the Lakers’ long and arduous journey.

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President Nixon seems to have been the first holder of that office to make a practice of wearing the flag as a lapel pin.

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Tender, honest and evocatively photographed, this documentary sticks to you like a boutonniere on a lapel.

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On her lapel was a pin with the face of Ali Dhawi, her stepson, a Hezbollah operative killed in an Israeli attack during the war.

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Her wide lapels could be reminiscent of the suiting of 1980s New York, a time and place when Melania's husband cut his teeth, but the silhouette is more sculpted and modern.

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