Meaning keepsake
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keepsake1790, from keep (v.) + sake; an unusual formation on model of namesake; thus an object kept for the sake of the giver. Used early 19c. in titles of holiday gift books. As an adjective by 1839.
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keepsakeAn object intended to act as a reminder of the giver or original owner.
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keepsaken. Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver.
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keepsakeAn item given or kept as a memento, especially something printed for distribution by a club or organization on a special occasion (commemorative dinner, dance, concert, etc.). Click here to see exampl [..]
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keepsake
Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.
''She gave him a lock of hair as a keepsake of their time togethe [..]
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keepsakelang=en
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*: And yet I should have dearly liked, I own, to have touched her lips; to have questioned her, that she might have opened them; to have looked upon the la [..]
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