Lavallier

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lavaliere \la`va`liere"\, lavallier \la`val`lier"\, or La
  valliere \La val`liere"\, n. [after the Duchesse de La Valliere,
     a mistress of Louis XI. --RHUD.]
     A neck ornament consisting of a chain and single jewelled
     pendant, or drop; also, the pendant itself.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]