cairngorm
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cairngorm
1785–95; short for Cairngorm stone, i.e., stone from Cairngorm Mountains
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Rising, she pinned a cairngorm brooch at her neck, and went down to dinner.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
She opened her ungloved right hand to reveal a bonnet brooch of beautiful and very ancient workmanship showing the crest of the MacDonalds of Dhrum set with a fine cairngorm and some exquisite old paste.
From The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
The cairngorm eyes of the elder damsel were opened to their full width with the far-seeing blindness of a somnambulist.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
Aunt Janet came into the room, her thin face set and grim, her rusty dress of old black satin all cracking, and her great cairngorm brooch marking her from the rest in capes and homespun.
From Captivity by M. Leonora Eyles
She wore her best black dress and her lace collar with the big cairngorm brooch; for the minister and his wife were expected to tea.
From Treasure Valley by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
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