ankle bracelet
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈæŋkəl ˈbreɪslɪt/
:
pulsera de tobillo
- She wore a stunning ankle bracelet that sparkled in the sunlight.
- wearing an ankle bracelet
Examples
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After buying a new ankle bracelet at the festival, she couldn't wait to show it to her friends.
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Lucinda, not much later, wore the Guatemalan skirts that folded above her knees and the ankle bracelet that jingled as she walked.
Fiction book (2001) -
I shall take my ankle bracelet back.
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Did you say ankle bracelet?
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Is that why he's wearing a girl's ankle bracelet?
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They've got those ankle bracelets in Holloway, nice big heavy ones.
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Tugging up the cuff of her coverall trousers, she revealed what looked like a bright metallic blue ankle bracelet.
Fiction book (2001) -
They'll forgive everything: the dress, the vows, that feathered ankle bracelet she's wearing.
Fiction book (1998) -
The delicate ankle bracelet added a touch of elegance to her summer outfit.
Synonyms
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2.1
A piece of jewellery worn around the ankle
Surface Forms
Morphology
ankle + bracelet
The compound clearly combines 'ankle' (a body part) and 'bracelet' (an item worn around a joint), so a B1 learner would readily infer it denotes a band worn on the ankle. However, the specialized legal meaning as an electronic monitoring device is not predictable from the constituents alone, making the phrase only partially transparent.
Etymology
Ankle bracelet shows the simple picture of a small bracelet worn on the ankle. Imagine it shining or softly jingling on a dancer's foot. That's why it means 'a piece of decorative jewelry worn around the ankle'.