earring

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  1. noun An ornament worn on or pendent from the ear, especially the earlobe. Also called regionally earbob.

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  • The beefy bald man with the earring was balancing a laptop computer on his knees, scrolling the cursor around with a delicate movement of his stubby middle finger, like a child absorbed in finger paint. —  Asimov'sSF,December2007
  • Farrell did a quick cut-and-paste and voilà , my earring was back in the right place I shook my head Think about it, Beck. —  tell No one
  • Her hand went up to her earring, an object that was both jewelry and teaching device. —  Ann Maxwell - Fire Dancer 2 - Dancer's Luck (v1.0)
  • The missing earring was as absent as the corpse of its owner, at least to the somewhat cursory search which was all he would permit himself. —  Eternity Ring - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 13: 1948
  • She saw the earring, a quite round platinum ring set continuously with small bright diamonds. —  Eternity Ring - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 13: 1948
 

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