Earrings
['ɪr,rɪŋ]
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see earrings in dreams, omens good news and interesting work is before you. To see them broken, indicates that gossip of a low order will be directed against you.
Editor: Lorna
Examples
- Have you ever observed that his ears are pierced for earrings? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Did you see the man with the tiny gold earrings? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She had small round, hanging gold earrings, and a general air of being fairly well-to-do in a vulgar, comfortable, easy-going way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Earrings in his ears. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She had earrings like chandeliers; you might have lighted 'em up, by Jove--and a yellow satin train that streeled after her like the tail of a cornet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Lorna