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Mourning ring   /mˈɔrnɪŋ rɪŋ/   Listen
Mourning ring

noun
1.
A ring worn as a memorial to a dead person.






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"Mourning ring" Quotes from Famous Books



... all, was of Turner's death (December 19, 1851). Old Mr. Ruskin heard of it on the 21st, a "dismal day" to him, spent in sad contemplation of the pictures his son had taught him to love. Soon it came out that John Ruskin was one of the executors named in the will, with a legacy of L20 for a mourning ring:—"Nobody can say you were paid to praise," says his father. It was gossipped that he was expected to write Turner's biography—"five years' work for you," says the old man, full of plans for gathering material. But when one scandal after ...
— The Life of John Ruskin • W. G. Collingwood



Words linked to "Mourning ring" :   ring, band



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