Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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alt. inexpensive jewellery, made of glass and other non-precious materials. n. inexpensive jewellery, made of glass and other non-precious materials.
Usage examples of "costume jewellery".
It was closed up now, with a night light in the window, showing a few cheap wrist watches and some costume jewellery.
Their destination was sandwiched between a grubby-looking shop selling costume jewellery and an elegant shop-front faced with black marble.
His difficulty was he had the old lady's rings in his possession as well as the costume jewellery that Miss Jenkins gave him.
She chose black, for the first time conscious that it was the predominant colour in her wardrobe, unadorned with any costume jewellery.
An astounding feature of the situation is this: the eventual value of a rhino horn, by the time it has been shipped out of Africa and fashioned into a piece of tasteless costume jewellery for some rich young Yemeni to strut around and pull girls with, is thousands of US dollars.
She was a cheap sort - bleached blonde, a lot of costume jewellery - and she was wearing my gown.
We know, again from the sales inventory when he was forced to give up that great house in Amsterdam's Breestraat and move to the squalor of the Jordaan district, that his golden chain was mere costume jewellery and probably looked finer in his painted rendition than it ever did in real life.