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precious stone |
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precious stone Noun a rare mineral, such as diamond, ruby, or opal, that is highly valued as a gem
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| A plaything let woman be, pure and fine like the precious stone, illumined with the virtues of a world not yet come. The log walls of the barn and its snow-covered roof, that looked as if hewn out of some precious stone, sparkled in the moonlight. Miserable women, whose faces never smile, haunt the butchers' shops in such London localities as these, with relics of the men's wages saved from the public-house clutched fast in their hands, with eyes that devour the meat they dare not buy, with eager fingers that touch it covetously, as the fingers of their richer sisters touch a precious stone. |
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