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worry beads

noun plural

: small beads on a string that people hold and move with their fingers in order to have something to do when they are nervous

Full Definition of WORRY BEADS

:  a string of beads that can be fingered to keep one's hands occupied
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First Known Use of WORRY BEADS

1956

Rhymes with WORRY BEADS

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