Meaning & use
Paillettes
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Small, shiny discs of metal or plastic sewn onto fabric for decoration; sequins.
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The evening gown shimmered with thousands of hand-sewn paillettes.
Dancers' costumes were covered in gold paillettes that caught the stage lights.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French, where paillette originally referred to a small flake or fleck, such as a fleck of gold.
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sequinsspangles
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