carcanet
Example Sentences
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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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
We asked him what a carcanet was, but he wouldn't say.
From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. (Edith) Nesbit
You have £2000 worth of jewels over what is in the paper; but the carcanet shall be forthcoming.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Sir Harry Lushington Stephen
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 Emily Sarah Holt
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
