Meaning & use
Bangle
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A rigid, ring-shaped bracelet or anklet, usually worn without a clasp and often in multiples.
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Her wrist was stacked with silver bangles that jingled as she walked.
He bought a carved wooden bangle as a souvenir from the market.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Hindi "bangri," referring originally to the colored glass bracelets worn in South Asia.
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bracelet
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