carcanet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carcanet
1520–30; carcan choker < Middle French, equivalent to carc- throat (< Germanic ) + -an ring (< Latin ānus ) + -et
Example Sentences
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I had a carcanet that I was determined to give a girl, in exchange.
From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander
My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours: Say that I linger'd with you at your shop To see the making of her carcanet, And that to-morrow you will bring it home.
From The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare, William
And thou wert best of Truth, the first in grace Of all rich gems in Virtue’s carcanet; Then should I not love thee and give thee place Above all love of sense on woman set?
From Sonnets of Shakespeare's Ghost by Blaeu, Willem
He is dressed in white flowing robes with a heavy carcanet of emeralds round his neck.
From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert
I might as well leave a thief to take care of my gold carcanet as leave thee alone with Belasez.
From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Holt, Emily Sarah
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