Thesaurus / carcanet
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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to carcanet, such as: choker, jewelry, pendant, strand, beads, and lavalliere.
How to use carcanet in a sentence
Over his clustering hair he wore a carcanet of diamonds, surmounted by the precious plumage of the bird of Paradise.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 63, NO. 392, JUNE, 1848VARIOUSCarcanet, the diminutive of carcan, a chain;—it means a necklace.
THE EVE OF ALL-HALLOWS, VOL. 3 (OF 3)MATTHEW WELD HARTSTONGEAnd sodaynly caught hir by the hayre of the head, and in steade of a Carcanet placed a roape about her necke.
THE PALACE OF PLEASUREWILLIAM PAINTERNowadays they have restored the carcanet and kept the rivière as well, both terms being in common use.
STORIES ABOUT FAMOUS PRECIOUS STONESMRS GODDARD ORPENEach one wore an iron carcanet, and the crowd was never weary of coming to gaze at them.
SALAMMBOGUSTAVE FLAUBERTOn her dress was no ornament whatever, neither was there a ring on her hand, or a necklace or carcanet about her neck.
THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLINGEORGE MACDONALDThe editor was here obliged to omit a score of pages, in which the only thing worth preserving was a carcanet of sulphur springs.
MR. JACOBSARLO BATESYou have £2000 worth of jewels over what is in the paper; but the carcanet shall be forthcoming.
STATE TRIALS, POLITICAL AND SOCIALVARIOUSCol. Turner afterwards restored the carcanet, the only jewel which he had not restored before.
STATE TRIALS, POLITICAL AND SOCIALVARIOUSBut he must indeed have been in a hurry when, as would here seem, he confounded 'casket' and 'carcanet'.
MINOR POETS OF THE CAROLINE PERIOD, VOL IIIJOHN CLEVELANDWORDS RELATED TO CARCANET
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