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Definition of Drop earring
1. Noun. An earring with a pendant ornament.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop Earring
Literary usage of Drop earring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greek Coins and Their Parent Cities by John Ward, George Francis Hill (1902)
"928 Similar (but triple'drop earring Head of horse r.; in front, ... 929 Head of
Persephone 1. wearing wreath of corn, single'drop earring, and necklace. ..."
2. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"Head of Hera r., wearing stephane, on which anthemion, three-drop earring and
pearl necklace; hair tied with plain fillet behind ear, and flowing in wavy ..."
3. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"frush. arete (jew ) hoop, ear drop, earring, pendant, pendent. arfar (mar.)
to heave and set, to pitch, to send. ..."
4. The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy: Their Natural History, Manners by Robert Southey (1879)
"... the double drop earring of pearl, so common at that period. Several of these
heads were really very handsome, and, though not painted by Vandyke, ..."
5. A Description of the Part of Devonshire Bordering on the Tamar and the Tavy by Bray (Anna Eliza), Mrs Bray (1836)
"... through whose ringlets might be seen, in some of them, the double drop earring
of pearl, so common at that period. Several of these heads were really ..."
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