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jewelry

[ joo-uhl-ree, jool-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
any ornaments for personal adornment, as necklaces or cuff links, including those of base metals, glass, plastic, or the like.

Origin of jewelry¹

1300–50; Middle English juelrie < Anglo-French juelerie, equivalent to juel jewel + -erie -ery

Steve Garth, who works in Circular Quay, was inside the Cartier jewelry store near the café when the siege began.

The sharply tailored blazer and weighty jewelry that cling to her body hints at the dominant personality she possesses.

Instead, he made a pick up of jewelry and watches worth nearly $2 million.

Five months later, $60,000 in cash was taken from a nearby jewelry repair shop.

And what that left was the jewelry and the stack of black chips and the girl who worked nights for a living.

The safe in my study was forced open, and three thousand francs and some valuable jewelry were stolen.

She was dressed in her brightest skirt and fairly shone with the abundance of cheap jewelry she wore.

A conspicuous traveling dress is in very bad taste, and jewelry or ornaments of any kind are entirely out of place.

Above all, never wear jewelry, (unless it be your watch,) or flowers; they are both in excessively bad taste.

Wearing apparel, furniture, jewelry, even legal expenses incurred in regaining her conjugal rights have been included.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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