love knot

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Speaking of misfortunes, the Enys-Mark-Keren love knot ends even more poorly than I thought possible.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2015

Here, the empty spaces, the holes in the white love knot of figures, are as interesting as the limbs, bodies and heads.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is the true love knot of a woman's heart, therefore cannot be undone.

From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold

The hair in the men was allowed to flow to the shoulders or gathered in a love knot, while the whiskers and beard formed a point.

From The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art by Tytler, Sarah

I heard his suit the Coxcomb ply; I heard her answer—"No;" A true love knot he ne'er could tie, Who could not bend a bow.

From Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George