Keepsake
['kiːpseɪk] or ['kipsek]
Definition
(n.) Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Souvenir, remembrancer, {a_gift_of_affection}
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Something given us by someone we've forgotten.
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Examples
- Hortense told me it was her brother's, and a keepsake. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I picked up one, of several that were rolling about, and treasured it as a keepsake for a long time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There are a great many celebrated people writing in the 'Keepsake,' at all events, he said, in a tone at once piqued and timid. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She has lost the little brooch I gave her for a keepsake on the day before her marriage. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If you wish to offer me a gift, a parting present, a keepsake, you must change the boon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It's a poor thing, you know, but it's a keepsake. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She had risen betimes to finish some little keepsake she intended for Henry. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I had a single little pearl ornament which Miss Temple gave me as a parting keepsake: I put it on, and then we went downstairs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Esther nursed them, coaxed them to sleep, washed and dressed them, told them stories, kept them quiet, bought them keepsakes--My dear girl! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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