Meaning of diamond ring | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see diamond, ring.
2. By extension, an engagement ring, usually one given by a man to a woman.
3. An optical phenomenon visible during a moment of a solar eclipse when only a tiny part of the sun is not obscured by the moon, shining like a diamond in the ring of the sun’s corona.

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Examples

“If that mocking bird don’t^([sic]) sing⟳ // Daddy’s going to buy⟳ me a diamond ring⟳. // If that diamond ring⟳ don’t^([sic]) shine⟳ // Daddy’s going to buy⟳ me a bottle of wine.”

“If it were not a tradition that a woman shall accept⟳ from her fiance a diamond ring⟳ which the idiot cannot, in all probability, afford⟳ to give⟳ her — well, women would not accept⟳ them.”

““Delvin, a diamond ring⟳ means you are engaged to be married. I barely know⟳ you.””

“He frowned slightly, whether at the loss of a potential sale or the unnaturalness of a single woman standing beside a handsome man and not lusting after a diamond ring⟳ I couldn't be sure.”

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