: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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Each bike will come with a holographic decal featuring its individual serial number, as well as a certificate of authenticity signed by Seward.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Players on all 32 teams wore decals on their helmets.
—Hailey Salvian, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
But adding some gothic cross decals just take the look to a whole new level.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
The translucent finish gives the decals a gem-like quality that’s just stunning.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Players on all 32 teams wore decals on their helmets.
—Hailey Salvian, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
But adding some gothic cross decals just take the look to a whole new level.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
The translucent finish gives the decals a gem-like quality that’s just stunning.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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a shortened form of earlier decalcomania "the art of transferring pictures," from French décalcomanie (same meaning), from décalquer "to copy by tracing" and manie "mania, craze"
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