breloque
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
breloque (plural breloques)
- A seal or charm for a watchchain.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- she praised the lovely breloques or gimcracks which the young gentleman wore
- 1971, Dmitri Nabokov translating Vladimir Nabokov, Glory, page 1:
- […] wearing a waist-coat rich in breloques (the most amusing of which was a dagger the size of a fingernail)
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
breloque f (plural breloques)
- charm (for bracelet)
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Further reading edit
- “breloque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.