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As Christmas tree might be lit, drained lights need changing
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tinselled
Word definitions for tinselled in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (en-past of: tinsel ) vb. (en-past of: tinsel )
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a showy decoration that is basically valueless; "all the tinsel of self-promotion" a thread with glittering metal foil attached v. impart a cheap brightness to; "his tinseled image of Hollywood" adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees" interweave ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tinsel \Tin"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinseled or Tinselled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinseling or Tinselling .] To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy. She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. --Pope.
Usage examples of tinselled.
I thought one of them had begun to spin off course, tinselled out, when they blew.
Having this here is some kind of swish thing like those tinselled cards showing women as so ugly and there seems no protection against all the ugliness that is in the world, no protection for that girl asleep or for him.