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

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

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)

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

"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