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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
necklace/ˈnekləs/

▶noun

1 an ornamental chain or string of beads, jewels, or links worn round the neck.

2 (in South Africa) a tyre doused or filled with petrol, placed round a victim's neck and set alight.

▶verb kill with a tyre necklace.

'necklace' also found in these Oxford entries:

afrormosia - bead - charm - choker - hryvna - moniliform - pendant - rivière - torch

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"soldier's necklace"
a glitter flower necklace
She admitted to have taken the necklace
She can't have stolen the necklace

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