0 a string of beads (= little decorative balls) that someone can play with in their hands when they are bored or worried:
Sami has a cigarette in his right hand and blue worry beads in his left.
The states that make up the contemporary Middle East are like beads on the "masbaha", or worry beads, so common in the region.
Amber has traditionally been used for a variety of personal items such as smoking gear, rosaries and worry beads.
The small settlements are almost silent save for the crochet needles of the old ladies or the clicking of old men's worry beads at the kafenion.
