carcanet

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We asked him what a carcanet was, but he wouldn't say.

From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

The carcanet of gold That gripped her brow was molten in a dire And wondrous river of devouring fire.

From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes

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 Shakespeare, William

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 Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Hovey, Richard