costume jewelry

noun

: jewelry designed for wear with current fashions and usually made of inexpensive materials

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All costume jewelry will tarnish eventually unless it’s made of stainless steel or solid gold. Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2025 Among its most recent acquisitions are stakes in two Italian companies: costume jewelry and metal accessories maker Leo France and shoe manufacturer Grey Mer. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2025 The secondhand market reflects some of Ireland’s cultural inflection points: An allegiance to sport with racks of vintage O’Neills in every color to inspire your inner Connell, romantic skirts and bold costume jewelry that speak to the poets and writers that have made the island famous. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025 The jewels the Evil Queen wears do look like costume jewelry, however. Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for costume jewelry

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of costume jewelry was in 1907

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“Costume jewelry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/costume%20jewelry. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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