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

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

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)