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Word entry · 8 letters

carcanet

Best crossword clue

"Jeweled collar"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɑːkənɛt/Sorted aaccenrtStarts with CEnds with T1 clues
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Definitions

  1. A richly decorative collar.

Word origin

From French carcan + -et.

Used in a sentence

  • Like stones of worth they thinly placed are, / Or captain jewels in the carcanet.
  • Lo you! let me have a blue robe, and—search for the ruby carcanet, which was part of the King of Cyprus's ransom—it is either in the steel-casket, or somewhere else.
  • [H]e cared nothing for curiously woven shrouds, and feathered mantles, and carcanets of pearl beads, and jars of quaint pottery […]

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