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lapel
[ luh-pel ]
noun
- either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
lapel
/ əˈɛ /
noun
- the continuation of the turned or folded back collar on a suit coat, jacket, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- · adjective
- ·l adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of lapel1
Example Sentences
The King was in a kilt and tweed jacket while the Queen wore a blue coat with a tartan lapel and a red hat decorated with a feather.
Barbara, 70, even had a Canadian lapel pin in her pocket – a gift from another tourist - which she thought might come in useful if further subterfuge proved necessary.
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.
President Nixon seems to have been the first holder of that office to make a practice of wearing the flag as a lapel pin.
Tender, honest and evocatively photographed, this documentary sticks to you like a boutonniere on a lapel.
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