Necklace
['neklɪs] or ['nɛkləs]
Definition
(noun.) jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women).
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Definition
(n.) A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament.
(n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
For a woman to dream of receiving a necklace, omens for her a loving husband and a beautiful home. To lose a necklace, she will early feel the heavy hand of bereavement.
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Examples
- And had I had an idea of it, nothing should have induced me to accept the necklace. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A necklace,' replied Jack Hopkins. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- For example, these ravishing ear-rings and this necklace so superb to correspond, were what one called a love-gift. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was about the necklace, which she was now most earnestly longing to return, and hoped to obtain his approbation of her doing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And then before the ball, the necklace! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The chain will agree with William's cross beyond all comparison better than the necklace. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Eva took the jewel-case, and lifted from it a diamond necklace. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She was answered by having a small trinket-box placed before her, and being requested to chuse from among several gold chains and necklaces. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I like the diamonds best, but there is no necklace among them, and I'm fond of necklaces, they are so becoming. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There are patents for belts without number, for electric gloves, rings, bracelets, necklaces, trusses, corsets, shoes, hats, combs, brushes, chairs, couches, and blankets. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was a new opening to Celia's imagination, that he came of a family who had all been young in their time--the ladies wearing necklaces. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Bucket coughs and glances at Volumnia, rouged and necklaced, as though he would respectfully observe, I do assure you, you're a pretty creetur. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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