Head-dress a bird's nest, with a bird of paradise, over a rich brass knocker en ferroniere.— The Book of Snobs
The Queen must have looked to her host not far removed from the docile young niece he had so carefully trained and tutored, as she sat by him in white lace and muslin, with flowers in her hair -- only bound by a _ferroniere_ of diamonds.— Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1
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