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costume jewellery

British  

noun

  1. jewellery that is decorative but has little intrinsic value

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On display are also make-up kits, sneakers, handbags and costume jewellery.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Its owner, a Northumberland woman in her 70s, took it to be valued along with costume jewellery she bought over many years at car boot sales.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2021

Good | Van Badham It was the former PM himself saying that young women were now living in “the post-feminist period” – but open up that box and it was full of cheap costume jewellery.

From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2015

What does he really think about some hairy-footed halfling and a bunch of do-gooders throwing his best costume jewellery into a volcano?

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015

His 40 workers snip, mould and bake plastic into costume jewellery items that end up on shelves in Britain.

From BBC • May 16, 2012

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