cocktail ring

[ kok-teyl ring ]

noun

1. a woman’s ring with a large, ornate setting, typically having an imitation or inexpensive gemstone in the center.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cocktail ring¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

I unfurled my fingers and was delighted to find a large diamanté cocktail ring.

From Los Angeles Times

I unfurled my fingers and was delighted to find a large diamanté cocktail ring.

From Los Angeles Times

Stone completed the look with a jewel-encrusted clutch, hoop earrings, and a giant sparkling cocktail ring.

From Fox News

I’d read my book over Negronis in the Elephant Bar in the lobby, over dinner at the nearby Cuisine Wat Damnak restaurant and on a chaise by the aforementioned pool, which looks like the emerald-cut sapphire cocktail ring of a goddess.

From New York Times

Well, I’m 35, and the only thing that’s ever worked for me is “buying an expensive jade cocktail ring and wanting to be able to show it off in public without people recoiling at my horrible mangled hands,” which isn’t really great advice for a 4-year-old.

From Slate