keepsake
An object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someoneAn object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.
» Take it, as a keepsake from me.
Meaning
2 sensesAn object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.
Andenken, Erinnerung, Liebgewonnenes
сувени́рsuvenír
(historical)Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.
- something of sentimental value
Examples
6 sentencesTake it, as a keepsake from me.
Take a photo of me as a keepsake.
ruСфоткай меня на память.
This is a keepsake from when I was a soldier.
It is this watch that my uncle gave me as a keepsake.
If Fairbairn shows his face here again I’ll send you one of his ears for a keepsake.
Translations
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Origin
From keep + sake.From keep + sake.
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