lavalliere

Example Sentences

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Underneath, he tended to wear a turtleneck adorned with some sort of necklace—African beads, a lavalliere on a string—and he often sported half a dozen rings.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 3, 2018

Into a parcel I placed the rest of the housekeeping money, my wedding and engagement rings and the lavalliere which Dicky had given me as a wedding present.

From Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Garrison, Adele

"It would make a fine lavalliere," said Dolly, holding it up against her chest, and glancing in a nearby mirror.

From Two Little Women on a Holiday by Wells, Carolyn

It was in the form of a diamond and ruby lavalliere that he had found the day before in a pawn shop and that Mrs. Fowler had identified as Sylvia's.

From The Girl at Central by Bonner, Geraldine

The rest was simple—dropping the lavalliere links back of Number Five, placing the lavalliere in the yard of his house, and so on.

From The Winning Clue by Hay, James