pearl-necklace

See also: pearl necklace

English

Noun

pearl-necklace

  1. Alternative form of pearl necklace
    • 1801, The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1800, page 411:
      On the walls are sculptured caskets, screens, pearl-necklaces, perfume-pots, strong boxes, and hoods enriched with precious stones.
    • 1823, Sir William Gell, Narrative of a Journey in the Morea, page 398:
      A very profligate Turk of my acquaintance, to whom I once gave, because it caught his eye when he came to present me with a hare, a false pearl-necklace for his wife, […]
    • 2015, Sachin Sinhal, Queen Durgavati:
      Ramcheri presented her pearl-necklace to the subjects and got a pond constructed, which was called 'Cheri Tal'.
    • 2019, Barbara Barrow, Science, Language, and Reform in Victorian Poetry:
      As Vivien explains,
      this rhyme
      Is like the fair pearl-necklace of the Queen,
      That burst in dancing, and the pearls were spilt; […]
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