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breloque

American  
[bruh-lohk] / brəˈloʊk /

noun

  1. a charm or trinket, especially one attached to a watch chain.

Etymology

Origin of breloque

Borrowed into English from French around 1855–60

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Breloque, bre-lok′, n. an ornament attached to a watch-chain.

From Project Gutenberg

In front of their waists hung a sort of breloque, or chain, looped up at intervals in festoons, the object of which was to jingle as they moved, and to add to the effect of certain little brass castagnette cymbals which they held on the middle finger and thumb of either hand.

From Project Gutenberg

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