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
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
The rest was simple—dropping the lavalliere links back of Number Five, placing the lavalliere in the yard of his house, and so on.
From The Winning Clue by James Hay
"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
Beneath that pompadour, however, her face was aglow with interest and her eyes gleamed almost as brightly as did the brand-new lavalliere and the bar pin with its huge six-carat center diamond.
From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach
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