carcanet

Example Sentences

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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 dress was no ornament whatever, neither was there a ring on her hand, or a necklace or carcanet about her neck.

From The Princess and the Goblin by MacDonald, George

I give thee, love, a carcanet With all the rainbow splendor set, Of diamonds that drink the sun.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

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

I had a carcanet that I was determined to give a girl, in exchange.

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander