tennis bracelet

noun

1. a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tennis bracelet¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

A protection plan for a $3,200 tennis bracelet at Kay, for example, adds $315 to the price.

From Reuters

And the Joe Coffee on the corner of Pineapple and Hicks streets is where Georgiana, the youngest daughter of “Pineapple Street”’s adamantly Social Register Stanton family, utters the immortal line, “Oh no, I left my Cartier tennis bracelet in Lena’s BMW and she’s leaving for her grandmother’s house in Southampton” as she is fatefully spotted by the reluctant heir to a zillion-dollar defense fortune.

From New York Times

“They only found about four thousand dollars cash, which I think Jimmy might’ve been able to explain away if not for the jewelry. One of the pieces was a diamond tennis bracelet that I knew was too expensive to be written off by the store I took it from, but since we were leaving, I went for it anyway.”

From Literature

He made it to the show stage with the closest price estimate for a diamond tennis bracelet.

From New York Times

She also wore a diamond tennis bracelet that once belonged to Diana.

From Seattle Times