Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small decorative utensil for the toilet-table, meant to receive jewelry which is in daily use: either a tazza or flat cup, or a stand with small hooks, upon which articles of jewelry can be hung.
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Examples
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This small what-not or jewel-stand is very elegant.
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Mrs Merdle shrugged her snowy shoulders and put her hand upon the jewel-stand, checking a little cough, as though to add, 'why, a man looks out for this sort of thing, my dear.'
Little Dorrit Charles Dickens 1841
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