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necklet

[nek-lit]
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noun
  1. something worn around the neck for ornamentation, as a fur piece.
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Origin of necklet

First recorded in 1860–65; neck + -let
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Related Words

necklace, rosary, choker, pendant, chaplet, pearls, necklet, wampum

Examples from the Web for necklet

Historical Examples

  • Every man and woman in that place, they assured me, had such a necklet.

    Green Mansions

    W. H. Hudson

  • Around her neck she had a black band, which gave her a sort of necklet of shadow.

    Therese Raquin

    Emile Zola

  • It might be that her husband had killed him; or merely that he had been robbed of the necklet.

  • Let Augustus order that his wife's necklet of pearls be brought here!

    The Death of the Gods

    Dmitri Mrejkowski

  • "I have no money, ask my wife to give you something," he said, taking the necklet.

    Married

    August Strindberg

British Dictionary definitions for necklet

necklet

noun
  1. an ornament worn round the neck
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