labretifery

Noun

 * 1) the practice of wearing labrets
 * 2) * 1891 Prof. Frederick Starr, "Dress and Adornment," Popular Science, Vol. 39, No. 30 (August 1891), Bonnier Corporation, p490
 * In Africa labretifery is quite common, and varies from tribe to tribe.
 * 1) * 1995 Allen P. McCartney, Hunting the largest animals: native whaling in the western Arctic and subarctic, Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, p9
 * Labretifery occurred over a wide distribution from the Kuriles to southern British Columbia in the late prehistoric period.
 * Labretifery occurred over a wide distribution from the Kuriles to southern British Columbia in the late prehistoric period.