carcanet

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I might as well leave a thief to take care of my gold carcanet as leave thee alone with Belasez.

From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Holt, Emily Sarah

He is dressed in white flowing robes with a heavy carcanet of emeralds round his neck.

From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert

A thousand reflections danced and flickered about the little room as it revolved in the sunlight, glowing and glittering like the sparkles from a carcanet of jewels.

From The Pagans by Bates, Arlo

Who scarfed her with the morning? and who set Upon her brow the day-fall's carcanet?

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

On her white bosom hung a priceless carcanet of limpid diamonds, and through the heavy tresses of her bronze-coloured hair was coiled a string of lustrous pearls.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series by Sabatini, Rafael