Reverse Dictionary: JEWEL

ADJECTIVES
► DRAPED wearing a lot of expensive jewellery → 2002 African-American sl.
► ICED ► ICED DOWN ► ICED OUT wearing jewellery, esp. diamonds → 1950s US sl.

NOUNS
► ATTLEBOROUGH sham jewellery → 1890 Eng. sl.
► BAGGIER a jewel case → 1578 Sc. obs.
► BEE a ring or torque of metal, usually meant for the arm or neck, but also a finger ring → c1000 obs.
► BELETTE a jewel, an ornament → 1522 obs.
► BIGHES jewels, ornaments → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BIJOUX jewels → 1992 UK sl.
► BINGO BLING cheap, ostentatious jewellery → 2005 UK sl.
► BLANG expensive, ostentatious jewellery and clothing → 2004 US sl.
► BLINGAGE jewellery → 2000s US sl.
► BLING-BLING fancy jewellery, esp. chains and the like that sparkle or tinkle when in motion → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CABLE a thick gold chain → 1990s African-American sl.
► CANDY jewellery → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► CARGO ostentatious jewellery worn as a status symbol → 1994 UK sl.
► CHURCH a place where the identity of stolen jewellery is altered → 1882 US criminals’ sl.
► DANGLER any form of pendant jewellery, as a watch fob or an earring → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► DOOKIE CHAIN ► DUKIE CHAIN a large gold rope-type chain worn around the neck → 2005 African-American sl.
► DUKEY ROPE a gold chain necklace → 1989 US sl.
► FAKEMENT jewellery or makeup; personal adornment → 2002 UK sl.
► FANCINESS items of jewellery or clothing that are expensive or flashy → 1995 W. Indies sl.
► FAWNEY ► FORNEY ► FORNY a finger-ring → L18 sl.
► FAWNEY-BOUNCING a selling a ring to a victim; the justification for the sale is a supposed wager, which the seller can win only by selling the ring → 1851 sl.
► FAWNEY-DROPPING ► FAWNEY RIG a common fraud: a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value → 1796 sl.
► FLASH inexpensive, showy jewellery → 1927 US sl.
► FREEZER BURN an imaginary reaction to seeing brightly sparkling jewellery, esp. diamonds → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GAGE-RING an engagement ring → 1880 Eng. dial.
► GAUDIMENTS jewels; personal decorations → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GEMMERY a jewel-house → 1656 obs.
► GEMMOSITY the quality of being a jewel; an abundance of precious stones → 1656 obs.
► ICE jewellery, esp. diamonds → L19 sl., orig. US
► JAR fake jewellery, usually so well made that it can pass for real → 1940s sl.
► JUNK jewellery; jewellery made from inexpensive materials or artificial gemstones → 1904 chiefly US, orig. criminals’ sl.
► LAMP-POST any large and noticeable piece of jewellery → 1920s US sl.
► LAPIDARY jewellery; precious stones in general → 1509 obs.
► LOGIE sham jewellery → 1847 Brit. sl.
► LURRIES jewellery or money → 1673 thieves’ sl. obs.
► MARRYING-RING a wedding-ring → 1504 obs.
► NECKLET  an ornament for wearing round the neck → 1865
► OWIE jewellery that requires the piercing of one’s flesh, usually an earlobe → 2007 US sl.
► PATACCA fake jewellery, watches, etc. → 1970s sl.
► PERRIE ► PERRY precious stones or gems collectively; jewellery → 1330 chiefly poetic usage, obs.
► PRETTIES attractive objects, jewellery → 1900s US sl.
► PROP a valuable piece of jewellery → 1914 criminals’ sl.
► ROCK a jewel, esp. a diamond → 1888 sl.
► SLUM cheap or imitation jewellery → 1914 Amer. sl.
► SPARK-PROP a diamond pin or tie-pin → 1879 criminals’ sl.
► TAWDRY cheap, sham jewellery → 1876 Eng. dial.
► TOM jewellery → 1955 Brit. rhyming sl. (Tomfoolery)
► TOMFOOLERY jewellery → 1931 Brit. rhyming sl.
► TYE a small box or case for jewels and other valuables; a casket → c725 obs.
► UNBLING cheap, shoddy, unimpressive jewellery → 2005 UK sl.
► VEST jewellery worn on the waistcoat → 1950s US criminals’ sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BIJOUTIER a jeweller; a manufacturer or dealer in bijoutry → 1867 (Bk.)
► CHURCHMAN a person who alters the identity of stolen jewellery → 1847 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAKER a jeweller → 1857 sl.
► FAWNEY a person who practices the fraud involving bogus jewellery → 1781 sl.
► FAWNEY-DROPPER a person who practices the ‘fawney-rig’ → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► FAWNEY-MAN a seller of bogus jewellery → 1899 sl.
► GEMMAIRE a jeweller → 1888 obs. (Bk.)
► GEMMARY a jeweller; an engraver of gems → 1382 obs.
► PENNYWEIGHTER a jewel thief → 1899 US sl.
► SLUM HUSTLER a person who peddles cheap costume jewellery as the real thing in Black ghettos → 1940s African-American sl.
► SPARK GRAFTER a jewel thief → 1902 US criminals’ sl.

VERBS
► TIGHT to set or deck with jewels → c1475 obs.
► UNHARNESS to remove a jewel from its setting → 1926 US criminals’ sl.