carcanet

Example Sentences

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My sweet sister shall take her choice of a carcanet among those old-fashioned trinkets.

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Beyond the harbour's mouth the riding-lights of the Mevagissey fishing fleet ran like a carcanet of faint jewels, marking the unseen horizon of the Channel.

From The Mayor of Troy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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

Mid carcanet and coronet, Where joy-lamps shine and flowers are set— Where England's chivalry are met, Behold me, Nora!

From Ballads by Thackeray, William Makepeace

With gifts they shall be sent, Gifts to the bride to spare their banishment, Fine robings and a carcanet of gold.

From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes