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Jewellery

Jew′el-ler-y

(jū′ĕl-lẽr-ry̆ or jṳ′ĕl-lẽr-ry̆)
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Noun.
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Jewelry
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[Chiefly Brit.]
Burke.

Definition 2024


jewellery

jewellery

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jewellery (usually uncountable, plural jewelleries)

  1. (British, Canadian) Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Fate of the Artemis:
      “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”
    She had more jewellery ornamented about her than any three ladies needed.

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