carcanet
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On her dress was no ornament whatever, neither was there a ring on her hand, or a necklace or carcanet about her neck.
From The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
I had a carcanet that I was determined to give a girl, in exchange.
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
Rowena opened the small silver-chased casket, and perceived a carcanet, or neck lace, with ear-jewels, of diamonds, which were obviously of immense value.
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
He is dressed in white flowing robes with a heavy carcanet of emeralds round his neck.
From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by George Robert Aberigh-Mackay
And let Those hard-faced worldlings prematurely old Gnaw their thin lips with vain desire to get Portia's fair fame or Lesbia's carcanet, Or crown of Caesar or Catullus, Apicius' lampreys or Crassus' gold!
From Songs from Vagabondia by Richard Hovey
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