nose rings
- plural of nose ring.
Example Sentences
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The Nepaulese women wore bracelets and necklaces of Indian coins, besides silver anklets, finger- and nose-rings, gold earrings and beads, and each had also suspended from her neck a silver snuff-box.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
I sez, “I guess I won’t buy any nose-rings, Josiah, my nose is pretty big anyway.”
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
It is worn for ornament, the same as ear-rings or nose-rings, and is called a labret.
From Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist by Lomax, E. L. (Edward Lloyd)
She was a connoisseur in nose-rings, and had a large collection of them, of which collection this was the gem.
From The Joyous Story of Toto by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
The weapons of the men are stout knotted sticks; the women are fond of adorning themselves with glass beads, mussel-shells, and coloured rags; they also wear large nose-rings.
From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida
