ribandryn.
/ˈrɪb(ə)ndri/, U.S. /ˈrɪbəndri/ Now archaic and rare.
Ribbons collectively.
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1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 49 The leghorn has fallen back, with its flaunting ribbandry.
1862 C. Mackay Gouty Philosopher (1864) xvi. 170 All their ribandry and gauzery—their silkery and velvetry.
1899 M. Beerbohm More 4 We see the princes of our country..bunt with enough ribandry to trick forth fifty dairymaids for a fair.
1921 J. Galsworthy To Let i. ii. 28 ‘Oh!’ answered Soames glumly. ‘Ribbandry, I suppose.’ It was his word for all that incomprehensible running in and out of shops that women went in for.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1828- to stick cling like a bur
- to stick down
- to stick etc like a bur
- to stick full of
- to stick in
- to stick in one's ear
- to stick in one's head
- to stick in the briers
- to stick in the clay
- to stick in the craw
- to stick in the etc
- to stick in the gizzard
- to stick in the mire
- to stick in the mud
- to stick in the stomach
- to stick in the teeth
- to stick in the throat
- to stick into
- to stick it
- to stick it into
- to stick it on
- to stick it out
- to stick it to
- to stick like a bur
- to stick like wax