breloque

[bruh-lohk]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of breloque¹

Borrowed into English from French around 1855–60

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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