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Definition of Lapel

Lapel

  1. That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.

Lapel Quotations

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'
Maya Angelou

She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
O. Henry

I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
Dane Cook

There's a certain elitism that has crept into the attitudes of some in journalism, and it played out perfectly over the issue of these little American flag lapel pins.
Brit Hume

The sensors have many potential practical uses - in Government buildings, train carriages, cargo containers, on a soldier's lapel - and are a thousand times cheaper than current sensors that are used for the same purpose.
Anne Campbell
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Lapel Translations

lapel in German is Aufschlag {m}, Rockaufschlag
lapel in Norwegian is jakkeslag
lapel in Spanish is solapa

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