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necklet

[ nek-lit ]

noun

  1. something worn around the neck for ornamentation, as a fur piece.


necklet

/ ˈɛɪ /

noun

  1. an ornament worn round the neck
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of necklet1

First recorded in 1860–65; neck + -let
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He was a dog—one of those small, silky, fluffy dogs that look like a fur necklet, until they begin to bark.

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So were the models’ rock crystal necklet or lapel pin.

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Perhaps there was a deep meaning to what looked like bone necklets, in contrast to big round baubles clonking on the chest.

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On top of the creation were poised ostrich feathers, scarlet and white, and round her throat gleamed a great necklet of diamonds.

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She wore her pale blue satin, with the low bodice, and her pretty necklet of rough amber in natural lumps, which her husband had given her for a birthday present just three days earlier.

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