carcanet

Example Sentences

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Paragon of jewels enchased in a carcanet of dazzling brilliants!

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

Turner afterwards restored the carcanet, the only jewel which he had not restored before.

From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Stephen, Harry Lushington, Sir

I give thee, love, a carcanet With all the rainbow splendor set, Of diamonds that drink the sun.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

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 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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 Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert