(n.) An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's also, clearly, the beginning of an annual TV tradition, a comforting pool of lamplit nostalgia amid all the sequins and celebrity hoo-hah, with Geoffrey Palmer flapping his jowls exasperatedly as he realises he's packed the wrong rectal tube.
(2) Judy Murray, who will be among the celebrities donning the sequins and fake tan on the new series of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing , has revealed that her tennis champion son Andy warned her she would be a disaster.
(3) World Cup fashion, Brazil-cliche-style: hot pants, thigh-high boots and sequinned bikini tops.
(4) Her wide-shouldered, sequined wardrobe of the 80s has been tossed.
(5) The clothes were high octane – full-length fur coats, moon boots and silver sequined puffa jackets.
(6) Photograph: Ed Steele Photography LLC In Austin circa 2000, everyone knew Leslie, the sequin-loving, bearded transvestite-about-town who eventually ran for mayor.
(7) In an industry known for champagne-drenched parties and sequinned celebrities – and where a crisis usually refers to a snapped stiletto – this newly gritty tone is an unexpected new trend.
(8) As dusk fell in the Catalan capital, sequin-clad local matador Serafín Marín dispatched the last of six bulls on the sand of the packed La Monumental bullring – where touts had been offering tickets at eight times their original price.
(9) In the end, a Prada dress doesn't wear you, you wear the dress, even if it is covered in bottle tops and you leave sequins all over the place when you dance.
(10) As I sat in a sea of streaks, false lashes and sequins, beside a child whose strategy for getting on TV was screaming like a cat and shouting "Naughty Gary" at the top of her voice, it seemed rather parochial.
(11) "I cover myself but under my abaya [Muslim dress] I still want to wear nice, modern clothes," said Fatoumata, 18, as she paid $13 for sequinned Levi's jeans.
(12) The evening dresses encrusted with swirls of moulded sequins were Oscar-worthy, but even better was a black coat appliqued with black roses, the individual chiffon petals of which curled in over the jet beads at the centre.
(13) Most meet their death when a sequin-suited matador finally thrusts a sword into their neck.
(14) The next act is a sequin-clad lady, who’s terrified.
(15) Elsewhere, Emporio Armani had designs in appliqué leather, sequins and in pleated silk.
(16) Ignoring my entreaties that you really didn’t need to dress up to go to a gig, my daughter had her hair tied up with tinsel, her best party dress on and a purple sequined stole.
(17) As Shona says, certain styles and habits are described as "tacky" by Yankovic in this song, and I don't think many will disagree: Ed Hardy shirts, glitter Uggs, pink sequin Crocs.
(18) Women wear leopard print and sequins as well as Atlas silks.
(19) The BBC has vociferously denied accusations of ageism, but the row threatened to take the shine off the sequins.
(20) Sweaters and dresses featured similar scrawled messages rendered in sequins, and a mother-and-child print and a later section of the show used drawings the designers did as children as prints on pretty silk dresses.
Spangle
Definition:
(n.) A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.
(n.) Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless.
(v. t.) To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate.
(v. i.) To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the interim, Phil cut the solo albums Star Spangled Springer (1973), Phil's Diner (1974) and Mystic Line (1975), and appeared on Roy Wood's album Mustard and on Zevon's debut album in 1976.
(2) Kaepernick and Reid dropped to one knee while a naval officer sang The Star-Spangled Banner and dozens of military members unfurled an oversize flag at the Chargers’ Qualcomm stadium.
(3) 1.29am BST National Anthem It's Game 7 so it's time to break out the big gun: The best Star Spangled Banner of all time.
(4) Alex McClintock (@axmcc) @LengelDavid @GdnUSsports @Busfield of course I will, it's going to be all about the #socks April 12, 2014 5.04am BST Star Spangled Banner It's Ashanti - and she's done it before as well.
(5) Apart from a recent Gay Pride parade performance of The Star-Spangled Banner , this will be Gaga's first gig since she cancelled 21 tour dates in February.
(6) By 1849, when the xenophobic “Order of the Star Spangled Banner” society was formed in New York to back nativist candidates, anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant tensions were running high and, over the next few years, the Know Nothings coalesced, winning numerous local and state elections.
(7) The two TV presenters broadcasting from the crowd – she in a gold-spangled minidress and rigid curls, him dour in black tie – shot baleful looks in his direction as he carried on honking.
(8) For The Star Spangled Banner, the Americans turn slightly to their left to face their flag, each player with one hand on his heart and the other on the left shoulder of the player in front of them.
(9) And after that terrible September morning when your homeland was attacked, the Coldstream guards at Buckingham Palace played the Star Spangled Banner.
(10) James McHenry, M.D., whose name is best known for the fort immortalized in the Star Spangled Banner, was one of the early members of Med Chi.
(11) They all stood together for the Star-Spangled Banner before dancing to Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA.
(12) I know, no Keith Moon, but still.... 12.58am BST The Star-Spangled Banner It's national anthem time, which means that first pitch is drawing nearer.
(13) Preparations for the visit have dominated local news for the past week: with security agents on rooftops, sniffer dogs on the ground and a Thai military band learning The Star-Spangled Banner in readiness for the first stop in Obama's three-country tour of the region that underscores his interest in pivoting US foreign policy towards the Pacific.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Obamas attend baseball game in Cuba with Raúl Castro By the time to two met again at the baseball stadium on Tuesday – listening to The Star Spangled Banner played for a second time in a city once threatened with American nuclear annihilation – there was even a flicker of warmth between them.
(15) Assimilation makes you stand up straight and recite the Star-Spangled Banner, forcing you to do push-ups when you can’t stop rolling your Rs.
(16) Britney Spears, mother of two, spangled-bikini wearer?
(17) 2.04am BST Tradition every NBA Finals from me: Marvin Gaye singing the Star Spangled Banner will get things kicked off from here.
(18) We’re treated to parachute teams carrying POW flags, fireworks displays, misty-eyed tributes, and a black Navy man, petty officer Steven Powell, singing the Star-Spangled Banner and God Bless America.
(19) 3.12am BST Kick Off And we're underway... 3.11am BST Anthems and such: The Azerbaijan anthem has just drifted past us, and now the US fans are belting out a lustily out of synch version of the Star Spangled Banner, as their team clutch their hands to their breasts stoically.
(20) Approximately 12,500 parade participants danced, spangled and strutted on stilettos past a crowd of hundreds of thousands gathered to watch the celebration.