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
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
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
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
