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Antonyms for earring

Grammar : Noun
Spell : eer-ring, -ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪərˌrɪŋ, -ɪŋ

Definition of earring

Origin :
  • Old English earhring, from ear (n.1) + hring (see ring (n.)). Also earspinl. Now including any sort of ornament in the ear; the pendants were originally ear-drops (1720).
  • The two groups which had formerly a near monopoly on male earrings were Gypsies and sailors. Both has the usual traditions about eyesight, but it was also said that sailors' earrings would save them from drowning, while others argued that should a sailor be drowned and washed up on some foreign shore, his gold earrings would pay for a proper Christian burial. ["Dictionary of English Folklore"]
  • As in jewelry : noun precious stones, metals worn as decoration
Example sentences :
  • The other is a man's, sun-burned, discoloured, and also pierced for an earring.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
  • A pendant is that which hangs from something else; as, an earring or a tassel.
  • Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
  • The earring must have fallen from her ear then into the snow, and been hidden by it.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • But, on the other side, there was the assertion of the Islip people; and there was the earring.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • That the captain had not touched the earring, Edwards knew full well.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Edwards is for ever thinking of that earring: he does not feel safe about it, you perceive.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • The earring and the theft—her own theft—flashed into her memory together.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • He carried off the earring; and we had never seen him, or it, from that day to this.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • The earring burning a hole in my pocket, and I not able to show Tod that it was there!
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • A little thing like an earring might easily slip into it in falling.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Synonyms for earring

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