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Meaning of LABRET

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\La"bret\, n. [L. labrum lip.] (Anthropology)
A piece of wood, shell, stone, or other substance, worn in a
perforation of the lip or cheek by many savages.
 
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 Definition: a "cuff-link" or pulley-shaped object of stone, bone or wood, inserted in a perforation of the lower lip as an ornament or status symbol by some aboriginal peoples.
 

 

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