pearl-necklace

See also: pearl necklace

English

Noun

pearl-necklace

1. Alternative form of pearl necklace
   • 1801, The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1800, page 411:

     On the walls are sculptured caskets, screens, pearl-necklaces, perfume-pots, strong boxes, and hoods enriched with precious stones.

   • 1823, Sir William Gell, Narrative of a Journey in the Morea, page 398:

     A very profligate Turk of my acquaintance, to whom I once gave, because it caught his eye when he came to present me with a hare, a false pearl-necklace for his wife, […]

   • 2015, Sachin Sinhal, Queen Durgavati:

     Ramcheri presented her pearl-necklace to the subjects and got a pond constructed, which was called 'Cheri Tal'.

   • 2019, Barbara Barrow, Science, Language, and Reform in Victorian Poetry:

     As Vivien explains,
     this rhyme
     Is like the fair pearl-necklace of the Queen,
     That burst in dancing, and the pearls were spilt; […]