Meaning of Keepsake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.
2. Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.
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Examples

“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 lashes of her downcast eyes, and never raised a blush; to have⟳ let⟳ loose waves of hair, an inch of which would be a keepsake beyond price: in short, I should have⟳ liked, I do confess, to have⟳ had the lightest licence of a child, and yet to have⟳ been man enough to know⟳ its value.”

“My little keepsake—only a brooch—lay⟳ on the table at her bedside, with her prayer-book, and the miniature portrait of her father which she takes with her wherever she goes.”

“He wished you to have⟳ it, as a little keepsake he had prepared—it is only a purse, Miss⟳ Wilfer—but as he was disappointed in his fancy, I volunteered to come⟳ after you with it.”

“It seemed to me that if I owned an elephant that was a keepsake, and I thought a good deal⟳ of him, I would think⟳ twice before I would ride⟳ him over that bridge.”

“He walked on hastily, and as he went he hid Jezebel's keepsake first under his cloak, and then deeper, under the sober grey justicor, or waistcoat, near the place⟳ where his Presbyterian heart was beating all too unsoberly.”

“Clam-shells are fashionable keepsakes. You write⟳ your name⟳ and the date⟳ inside one and your friend writes hers in the other and you exchange⟳.”

“Meghan’s growing list of As Ever products includes a crepe mix⟳, a shortbread mix⟳ with flower sprinkles, apricot spread⟳ in “keepsake packaging”, a limited-edition orange blossom honey and various teas.”

“He had brought the last⟳ “Keepsake,” the gorgeous watered-silk publication which marked modern progress⟳ at that time; and he considered himself very fortunate that he could be the first to look⟳ over it with her, dwelling on the ladies and gentlemen with shiny copper-plate cheeks and copper-plate smiles, and pointing to comic verses as capital and sentimental stories as interesting.”

“[…]it was the Italy that we know⟳ from the steel engravings in old keepsakes and annuals, from the vignettes on music-sheets and the drop-curtains at theatres; an Italy that we can never confess to ourselves—in spite of our own⟳ changes and of Italy’s—that we have⟳ ceased to believe⟳ in.”

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