Definition of Keepsake

1. Noun. Something of sentimental value.

Exact synonyms: Relic, Souvenir, Token
Generic synonyms: Object, Physical Object
Specialized synonyms: Love-token, Favor, Favour, Party Favor, Party Favour

Definition of Keepsake

1. n. Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.

Definition of Keepsake

1. Noun. Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons. ¹

2. Noun. (historical) Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Keepsake

1. a memento [n -S] - See also: memento

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keepsake

keepie-uppie
keeping
keeping on
keeping one's options open
keeping up
keeping wicket
keepings
keeplike
keepnet
keepnets
keeps
keeps on
keeps one's options open
keeps up
keeps wicket
keepsakes
keepsaky
keepsies
keepy-uppy
keepy uppy
keercheef
keerful
keerfully
kees
keeshond
keeshonden
keeshonds
keester
keesters

Literary usage of Keepsake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Plough, the Loom, and the AnvilFarm buildings (1855)
"3 UO Either of the S2 Magazines and the Wreath and the keepsake, or either of the ... 3 00 Four copies of the Ladies' Wreath or the Ladies' keepsake, . ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1835)
"The Historical keepsake; a series of Original Tales, ... It is there said " the success which attended the first volume of the Historical keepsake, ..."

3. Letters of the Wordsworth Family from 1787 to 1855 by William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1907)
"In winter we live so much to ourselves that I have scarcely heard of it \_The keepsake~\ or any of its brethren. You do well to point out to me what would ..."

4. Letters of the Wordsworth Family from 1787 to 1855 by William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1907)
"In winter we live so much to ourselves that I have scarcely heard of it [ The keepsake} or any of its brethren. You do well to point out to me what would ..."

5. A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885)
"keepsake MILL Home from the Indies and home from the ocean, Heroes and soldiers we all shall come home ; Still we shall find the old mill wheel in motion, ..."

6. A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (1905)
"XXVI keepsake MILL OVER the borders, a sin without pardon. Breaking the branches and crawling below, ..."

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