What does be-ringletted mean?
Be-ringletted means Alternative form of beringleted..
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative form of beringleted..
[…]and the flaunting lace caps of the women, the showy uniforms of the civil and military authorities, and the be-capped, be-piped, and be-ringletted Bürchen[-]classe who throng the streets, give the whole the appearance of a carnival on a grand scale.
[…]and Frank was already quite ashamed of his suspicions, and beginning to discard them as entirely unfounded, when again the door was thrown open, and, accompanied by her husband—overdressed, be-flounced, be-ringletted, and panting from the recent labours of the toilet—the real fugitive made her appearance in the portly person of Gertrude’s stepmother, the second Mrs Blake.
The modern woman is more outspoken than her be-ringletted grandmother would ever have dared to be;
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Be-ringletted means Alternative form of beringleted..
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[…]and the flaunting lace caps of the women, the showy uniforms of the civil and military authorities, and the be-capped, be-piped, and be-ringletted Bürchen[-]classe who throng the streets, give the whole the appearance of a carnival on a grand scale.
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