cocktail ring
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cocktail ring
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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I unfurled my fingers and was delighted to find a large diamanté cocktail ring.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
Stone completed the look with a jewel-encrusted clutch, hoop earrings, and a giant sparkling cocktail ring.
From Fox News ● Sep. 30, 2021
With her calm eyes directed toward the camera, and wearing a light-blue top, her right hand adorned with an oversized cocktail ring, her short hair ruffled around her smooth face, Maxwell appeared chillingly serene.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 16, 2019
His first cover shot for Vogue, in fall 1943, resembled a Dutch still life, with its careful composition of that season’s accessories, including gloves, an oversize cocktail ring and a handbag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2018
It was a present he was about to give his wife, a white satin box containing a star sapphire cocktail ring.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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