The driver then announced: "Someone just found a clip-on earring.

The Omega mechanism is similar to that used in clip-on earrings for non-pierced ears.

The woman's hair was sharply bobbed, and she wore those huge dazzling clip-on earrings which a woman must remove before answering a phone.

Her clip-on earrings?

Still not satisfied, she took a clip-on earring from the remains of Bowser's trouble kit, and attached it to David's left earlobe.

Looking elegant in a turquoise dress and gold clip-on earrings ("Honey," she said, "they're costume.")

Ms. Hayes pointed out in her questions that Mr. Lloyd could have worn a clip-on earring.

The clip-on earrings were not identical; one was a fairly standard X, while the other one - now missing - had sort of a distinctive swirl.

She was dressed nicely, as one does in Charleston, in a blue skirt and matching jacket and blue clip-on earrings.

Decked out in big pearl clip-on earrings and a wrist corsage, Mrs. Warner danced with each in order.

A new version of navel jewelry is on the market for those without pierced navels, which is based on the idea of clip-on earrings.

Retro to ultra-modern jewelry includes chokers of chunky Asian beads or lacy silver, brass and plated pieces, plus hard-to-find clip-on earrings.

Clip-on earrings - Clip-on earrings have existed longer than any other variety of non-pierced earrings.

When Abby trips on the first day of health class and loses her clip-on earring, Victoria calls her the "One Earring Wonder."

Afterward, in the 500-seat theater designed by her son, Todd Fisher, she sat down, put up her feet, took off her clip-on earrings and ordered a Diet Coke.

A typical dressing-up box would contain an eclectic mix of parental cast-offs: sunglasses, scarves, all manner of hats, ancient school blazers, clip-on earrings, a feather boa.

"Businesspeople have a reputation for being hard-driving, focused and a little dry," said Mr. Moore, who has been known to lighten the mood in his own office by appearing at meetings with a clip-on earring.

In a 2005 interview, she stated that she liked the Chanel brand because they produced a large number of clip-on earrings suitable for women who did not have pierced ears, as she did not at the time.

Sunday was the day for Orchard Street bargains: designer handbags at Fine & Klein, luggage at Altman's (where I have shopped for 10 years) and the varied, reasonably priced jewelry at Allustra, where there are many clip-on earrings because the owner, Ilsa Totuh, does not have pierced ears.