bijouterie
Americannoun
noun
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jewellery esteemed for the delicacy of the work rather than the value of the materials
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a collection of such jewellery
Etymology
Origin of bijouterie
1805–15; < French, equivalent to bijou bijou + -terie, extended form of -erie -ery
Example Sentences
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He saw a whole street of Florence, including the quarters of Donatello and Bronzino, torn down to make room for a cheap-jack row of shops devoted to "bijouterie and parfumerie."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Palais Royale is a heavenly place, so full of bijouterie and lovely things that I’m nearly distracted because I can’t buy them.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
“You, sir,” replied the governor, surveying my fashionable exterior, my chains, and bijouterie.
From Japhet in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick
The bracelets, chains, necklets, and brooches would be theirs, too; as also the rings and other bijouterie, which the dwarf had found time to do up in paper.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne
Rare books, pictures, and other articles, telling of refined taste, with some slight remnants of bijouterie, were carried off to log-cabins, there to be esteemed in proportion to the prices paid for them.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
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