lapel
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- noun
- /ləˈpɛl/
- He pinned a flower to his lapel for the wedding ceremony.
- lapel pin
- wear on the lapel
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Watch on YouTubeDid you notice the different letters on my lapel pin OIDMDNA?
- Did you notice the different letters on my lapel pin OIDMDNA?
- He then grabs you by the lapel and what did you just say?
- A few grains of salt on your lapel and collar.
- What pin What pin is on the lapel of the outfit you sent me earlier today.
- So our sound guys were only able to use like lapel mics, loud mics.
- I can't remember her name, but she, she wears A starfish like lapel pin, almost pretty big.
- FCC Chair Brendan Carr sports a gold Trump head lapel pin.
- I mean, I love the detail of the church pin in his lapel.
- If I mean, now I got to go search in lapels.
- And I think the challenge for our committee is to breakthrough that to to grab people by the lapels and, and say we came close to losing our democracy.
- Yeah, my advisor at MIT would, you know, the thruster chip I was holding at PE would wear one as a lapel pin.
Examples
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Like the flag pin on your lapel.
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I'll wear it with the seahorse on the lapel of the jacket.
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- Inside the lapel of his jacket.
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To wear on your lapel?
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"Goodbye, sweetheart!" Her tears left a spot on the lapel of his new coat.
Fiction book (1991) -
But she puts her hand on my lapel and says, "You can call me Claudia."
Fiction book (1994) -
Andrew's father, BUD, with an American flag pin in his lapel, sits next to Sarah.
Fiction book (1993) -
You've got mustard on your lapel.
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A large crisp butterfly was pinned to the lapel of Mrs. Gilbert's jacket.
Fiction book (1990) -
The Brigadier brushed imaginary dust from his lapel, and his medals danced.
Fiction book (1993)
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lapel comes from the old word lap meaning 'fold' plus the small ending -el, so it originally meant a little fold or flap of cloth. That's why a lapel is the folded part of a jacket below the collar.