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Definition of Armbands
1. armband [n] - See also: armband
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armbands
Literary usage of Armbands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All About the Rainforest by Barbara Allman (2005)
"< Children create two colorful "feathered" armbands. ... They color, cut out,
and glue several feathers to their armbands. 3. ..."
2. The Sixth Division: military-paramilitary ties and U.S. policy in Colombia by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Joanne Mariner, Malcolm Smart (2001)
""The paramilitaries walk around in the middle of the day with their armbands on,
and the police and military just let them pass ..."
3. Camp and Outing Activities by Frank Howbert Cheley, G. Cornelius Baker (1915)
"Each armband turned in at the close of the game counts three points. A man, when
captured, retains any flags or armbands he may have in his possession, ..."
4. Etruskische Spiegel by Eduard Gerhard, Adolf Klügman, Gustav Körte, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (1843)
"... nach welcher der reiche Polyneikes nicht nur an Eriphyle das heimliche Geschenk
des Hals- oder armbands^41), sondern auch den ihm befreundeten Helden ..."
5. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"Then he tore off his own armbands and signs of mourning and threw them away,
while the water rose above the head of the cannibal and drowned him.9 The theme ..."
6. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... looking-glasses, knives, chiefs' coats, calico, ornamented brass finger-rings,
armbands of silver, wristbands of the same metal, ear-wheels and bobs, ..."
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