rhinestone
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rhinestone
1885–90; Rhine + stone (translation of French caillou du Rhin )
Example Sentences
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"Not to mention, all those heavy rhinestone outfits, the big hair, my big… uh, personality," she joked.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Ms. Kobielski’s photos are highly saturated, with daytime flash manufacturing brilliance against silk organza and rhinestone jewelry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
A woman, in a rhinestone shirt, told me that she wanted to convene her fellow cyclists to whizz by the gulleys and alleyways around Tucson, searching for clues in the muck.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
It certainly shows that Austin Butler’s Oscar-nominated portrayal of the King wasn’t one rhinestone over the top.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
I ought to have some dangly earrings, some bangles, a silver bow tie on a little chain, an outsized Isadora Duncan strangle-yourself-by-mistake scarf, a rhinestone brooch of the thirties, in sly bad taste.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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