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Bracelet   /brˈeɪslət/   Listen
noun
Bracelet  n.  
1.
An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.
2.
A piece of defensive armor for the arm.





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"Bracelet" Quotes from Famous Books



... head, and toyed nervously with a bracelet. She was breathing heavily, but was now showing no desire ...
— Too Old for Dolls - A Novel • Anthony Mario Ludovici
... of these verses, my friends? Is that piece an impromptu? said my landlady's daughter. (Aet. 19. Tender-eyed blonde. Long ringlets. Cameo pin. Gold pencil-case on a chain. Locket. Bracelet. Album. Autograph book. Accordeon. Reads Byron, Tupper, and Sylvanus Cobb, junior, while her mother makes the puddings. Says, "Yes?" when you tell her anything.)—Oui et non, ma petite,—Yes and no, my child. Five of the seven verses were written off-hand; the other two ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I, No. 1, Nov. 1857 • Various
... you sung, O stranger, Of death on the dyke in Wales, Your chief was a bracelet-giver; But the red unbroken river Of a race runs not for ...
— The Ballad of the White Horse • G.K. Chesterton
... her a flexible diamond bracelet as a Christmas gift and it lay on her table in its box. She was very grateful, but she had not ...
— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... was trembling, and I took his white hand and set it on my arm to steady him. His hand felt the cold touch of the great gold bracelet Gerda would have me wear, and he looked at it, and turned it ...
— A Sea Queen's Sailing • Charles Whistler


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