breloque

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/bɹəˈləʊk/

noun

A seal or charm for a watchchain.

OriginFrench breloque →
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Meanings

nounbreloque (plural breloques)

plural breloques

  1. A seal or charm for a watchchain.

    she praised the lovely breloques or gimcracks which the young gentleman wore

    1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC
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    […]wearing a waist-coat rich in breloques (the most amusing of which was a dagger the size of a fingernail)

    1971, Dmitri Nabokov translating Vladimir Nabokov, Glory, page 1

Origin

  1. Frenchbreloque
  2. Frenchbreloque
  3. Englishbreloque

Borrowed from French breloque.

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APA

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Chicago

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