cairngorm
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cairngorm
1785–95; short for Cairngorm stone, i.e., stone from Cairngorm Mountains
Example Sentences
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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
His green plaid was looped up at his shoulder by a fine brooch, a cairngorm set in a silver rim.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
Their fronts are hidden by hangings of tartan cloth; the windows are decked with sporrans, dirks, cairngorm plaid-brooches, ram's-head snuff-boxes, bullocks' horns and skean dhus.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald
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 MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
There’s the sweetest oxydised buckle with a cairngorm in the centre that would be the making of my grey dress.
From A College Girl by Groome, William H. C.
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