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locket

[ lok-it ]

noun

  1. a small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.
  2. the uppermost mount of a scabbard.


locket

/ ˈ±ôÉ’°ìɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. a small ornamental case, usually on a necklace or chain, that holds a picture, keepsake, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of locket1

1325–75; Middle English lokat cross-bar in a framework < Anglo-French loquet, diminutive of loc latch < Middle English. See lock 1, -et
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of locket1

C17: from French loquet latch, diminutive of loc lock 1
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Between chatting nervously with my daughter and navigating the roads, it occurred to me that I’d forgotten my grandmother’s brass heart-shaped locket.

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“The way Nick forges his metals is special,†said Kevin Napoli, who purchased two of Berkofsky’s kitchen knives and a pair of cremation lockets for him and his son to carry his father’s ashes.

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He did not say to whom the locket belonged.

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The necklace and locket you gave your daughter for Christmas?

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I'm mostly watching for gay reasons, because the writing is good, and because I wear a locket around my neck with a photo of Kathryn Hahn inside of it.

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