carcanet
Example Sentences
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Nowadays they have restored the carcanet and kept the rivière as well, both terms being in common use.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Mrs Goddard Orpen
The wife brought the jewels to the Hoop Tavern, and from there they were taken to Mr. Tryon's, where they were examined, and none were found missing except a carcanet jewel.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Sir Harry Lushington Stephen
I had a carcanet that I was determined to give a girl, in exchange.
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours: Say that I linger'd with you at your shop To see the making of her carcanet, And that to-morrow you will bring it home.
From The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
We asked him what a carcanet was, but he wouldn't say.
From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. (Edith) Nesbit
