lavalliere

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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

Then she held up a dainty lavalliere, with a pendant containing a superb pearl.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces out West by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

Beneath that pompadour, however, her face was aglow with interest and her eyes gleamed almost as brightly as did the brand-new lavalliere and the bar pin with its huge six-carat center diamond.

From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

So the girl promptly clasped her lavalliere around her neck and openly displayed it, as a proud defiance, if not a direct challenge, to that detestable sneer.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces out West by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)