Meaning & use
Tassels
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Tufts of loosely hanging threads, cords, or fringe, bound at one end and used as decoration.
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The graduation cap had a golden tassel that swung with every step.
Fringed tassels dangled from the edges of the antique lampshade.
A note on using this word
Tassels have long been used both decoratively on clothing and furnishings and symbolically, as with the tassel moved at graduation ceremonies.
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fringetufts
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