chaplet
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She wore a pearl chaplet, a red bhakku over a white silk gown, and high-heeled shoes for the occasion.
From Time Magazine Archive
A five-year-old girl, Gudrun Diem, dressed in a light blue frock and wearing a flower chaplet in her hair, stepped forward, said, “Heil, mein Fuhrer!” and presented him with a small, delicate bouquet of flowers.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
"I will go when you will," she said, preparing to withdraw, with a whimsical attempt to don a martyr's chaplet.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
The golden circlet of enormous weight He wears with brow serene and smiling air, As though a myrtle chaplet graced his temples.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
The king wore a black velvet jerkin, and a cap of crimson velvet, ornamented with a chaplet of pearls.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
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