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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

Perhaps it is not surprising, then, that he also believed in what he called "costume jewellery for the home": objects with little apparent practical use, including a decorated ostrich egg and an enormous wooden salmon.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2017

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

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