lavalliere
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Underneath, he tended to wear a turtleneck adorned with some sort of necklace—African beads, a lavalliere on a string—and he often sported half a dozen rings.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
Into a parcel I placed the rest of the housekeeping money, my wedding and engagement rings and the lavalliere which Dicky had given me as a wedding present.
From Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Adele Garrison
So the girl promptly clasped her lavalliere around her neck and openly displayed it, as a proud defiance, if not a direct challenge, to that detestable sneer.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces out West by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
"It would make a fine lavalliere," said Dolly, holding it up against her chest, and glancing in a nearby mirror.
From Two Little Women on a Holiday by Carolyn Wells
It was in the form of a diamond and ruby lavalliere that he had found the day before in a pawn shop and that Mrs. Fowler had identified as Sylvia's.
From The Girl at Central by Geraldine Bonner
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