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Jewelry See Also: CLOTHING - A pear-shaped diamond, as big as your thumb —Paige Mitchell
- An assortment of costly [and of questionable taste] stones … very much like something Hansel and Gretel might well have plucked from the witch’s house to eat —Henry Van Dyke
- Bracelets seemed to grow up her arms like creeping plants —Nadine Gordimer
- Bracelets … warm and heavy, alive like flesh —Elizabeth Taylor
- A diamond as big as an Englishman’s monocle —Lael Wertenbaker
- A diamond as big as the Ritz —F. Scott Fitzgerald
This served as the title for a famous Fitzgerald story. - A diamond … as big as your fourth fingernail —Gerald Kersch
- Diamond pinkie rings sputtering like neon on his manicured fingers —Jonathan Valin
- Diamonds as big as grapes —Louis Adamic
- Diamonds as big as potatoes —Henry James
- Diamonds flashed … like drops of frozen light —Paige Mitchell
- Earrings tiny as pinheads —Richard Ford
- A medallion that could have anchored the Queen Mary —William Mcllvanney
- Necklace … flashed like summer lightning —Anais Nin
- Pearl … shaped like the full moon, and whiter than the morning star —Oscar Wilde
- (Wedding) ring … pink gold like the morning light —Anon
- Rubies as big as hen’s eggs, and sapphires that were like gloves with lights inside them —F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Rubies like cherries, sapphires like grapes —Isak Dinesen
- Rubies like headlights —Philip Levine
- She was encrusted with jewels like a Maharini —MacDonald Harris
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | jewelry - an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness bead - a small ball with a hole through the middle bijou - a small and delicately worked piece bling, bling bling - flashy, ostentatious jewelry; "the rapper was loaded with bling" clip - an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress cufflink - jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt earring - jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe necklace - jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) pin - a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment ring, band - jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" tie clip - a piece of jewelry that holds a man's tie in place gemstone, gem, stone - a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones" |
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