Gold at her ears
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Se não fossem os brinquinhos de ouro, que lhe tremião nas pequenas e bem molduradas orelhas,
But for the little gold earrings quivering at her small, well-shaped ears,
The sentence sets up its own punchline. The narrator piles on the marks of womanhood — the gold earrings, then the breast — only to say that without them you would take Rosa for a boy. The gender-play is the whole joke, and it is affectionate.
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