lavalliere
Example Sentences
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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
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
Then she held up a dainty lavalliere, with a pendant containing a superb pearl.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces out West by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
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
