The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The piece eventually spawned a bridal and commitment jewelry line, introduced in September, that is at once charming and impertinent: black diamonds, solitaires with inverted settings, and outré inscriptions.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2011
Sometimes at night, she could hear the cries of the quail doves and solitaires interspersed with the songs from the aviary.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
The betrothed reported to H. R. that they found the display of the solitaires interfered with the sales of tickets.
From H. R. by Edwin Lefevre
For the noise of the golden-breasted bird Sligo Moultrie can not hear something that is said to him by the ripe mouth between the solitaires.
From Trumps by George William Curtis
It is not, therefore, in the case of the solitaires, fear of man which drives them to their secluded dwelling-places.
From Upon The Tree-Tops by Olive Thorne Miller
