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Lit-lit, tearfully shy and frightened, was bedecked by her bearded husband with a new calico dress, splendidly beaded moccasins, a gorgeous silk handkerchief over her raven hair, a purple scarf about her throat, brass ear-rings and finger-rings, and a whole pint of pinchbeck jewellery, including a Waterbury watch.

THE MARRIAGE TO LIT-LIT 2010

Fox holds a potlatch to signalize his marriage to Lit-Lit and she, "tearfully shy and frightened, is bedecked by her husband with a new calico dress, splendidly beaded mocassins, a gorgeous silk handkerchief over her raven hair, a purple scarf about her throat, brass earrings and finger-rings, and a whole pint of pinchbeck jewelry, including a Waterbury watch."

“I, in the course of making my living by turning journalism into literature. . .” 2008

After admiring the pretty things, he took out a fine golden watch with a big chain, several handsome finger-rings, and an ornament of rubies to pin upon the breast of his shaggy shirt-bosom.

Love Letters 2010

Bandits with planes and Moors, bandits with finger-rings and duchesses, bandits with black friars spattering blessings came through the sky to kill children and the blood of children ran through the streets without fuss, like children's blood.

Nobel Lecture - Literature 2005 2005

There are silks, satins, laces, and fine linen to be stripped from the bodies of the drowned, -- and necklaces, bracelets, watches, finger-rings and fine chains, brooches and trinkets ...

A Memory of Last Island Beach Blogger 2005

There are silks, satins, laces, and fine linen to be stripped from the bodies of the drowned, -- and necklaces, bracelets, watches, finger-rings and fine chains, brooches and trinkets ...

Archive 2005-08-01 Beach Blogger 2005

They cannot understand the middle-class diffidence of the young men who wear collars and ties and finger-rings.

Twilight in Italy 2003

One of his gaudy finger-rings was so bulky it must interfere when he was at the drawing board.

A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

Others sell silver bracelets embossed all over with creamy blue turquoise stones, and anklets of brass wire fringed with little pearls, and tigers 'claws set in gold, and the claws of that gilt cat, the leopard, set in gold also, and earrings of pierced emerald, and finger-rings of hollowed jade.

The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

Others sell silver bracelets embossed all over with creamy blue turquoise stones, and anklets of brass wire fringed with little pearls, and tigers 'claws set in gold, and the claws of that gilt cat, the leopard, set in gold also, and earrings of pierced emerald, and finger-rings of hollowed jade.

The Fisherman and His Soul 1998