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Schmuck

Schmuck, German for "jewelry". Usually applied in Germany and Austria to inexpensive ornaments of costume jewelry ornately decorated with cheap gemstones, paste or coloured glass.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson