Meaning of Memorabilia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.
   plural, plural-normally
2. Things worth remembering: noteworthy points.
   archaic, plural, plural-normally

Equivalents

Examples

“George has a collection of World War II memorabilia.”

“I can't remember⟳ / Give⟳ me a reminder / I collect⟳, I reject⟳ / Memorabilia / Memorabilia”

“Have⟳ you seen the memorabilia / The rusty old memorabilia / The souvenirs of perfect doom / In the back of Louis Dakine's backroom”

“Another friend was present⟳ while I was there, veteran criminal defense attorney William J. Brennan, jealously guarding an SUV full of memorabilia he’d purchased, including a Rizzo fedora and walking stick⟳, the former of which he told me he hoped Rizzo was wearing during the famous “crumb bum” exchange⟳ with television reporter Stan Bohrman.”

“On the other hand, how uſeful is ſuch a faculty, if well exerciſed! To it we owe⟳ all thoſe intereſting apothegms and memorabilia of the ancients, which Plutarch, Xenophon, and Valerius Maximus, have⟳ tranſmitted to us.”

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