carcanet
Example Sentences
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Beyond the harbour's mouth the riding-lights of the Mevagissey fishing fleet ran like a carcanet of faint jewels, marking the unseen horizon of the Channel.
From The Mayor of Troy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
I might as well leave a thief to take care of my gold carcanet as leave thee alone with Belasez.
From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Emily Sarah Holt
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
You have £2000 worth of jewels over what is in the paper; but the carcanet shall be forthcoming.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Sir Harry Lushington Stephen
My sweet sister shall take her choice of a carcanet among those old-fashioned trinkets.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
