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Definition of Mementoes
1. memento [n] - See also: memento
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mementoes
Literary usage of Mementoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"We picked up a lot of them for mementoes. I got quite a number of arm bones and
leg bones—of great chiefs, may be, who had fought savagely in that fearful ..."
2. Museums Journal by Museums Association (1903)
"mementoes OF MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S TOUR AT BIRMINGHAM ART GALLERY.—The gifts and
mementoes brought home by Mr. ai:d Mrs. Chamberlain from South Africa are now ..."
3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"All around everywhere, not three feet apart, the bleached bones of men gleamed
white in the moonlight. We picked up a lot of them for mementoes. ..."
4. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1841)
"mementoes of Home.— Dinner Customs.—Return to the Ruins.—A marked Change.—Terrific
Thunder.—A Whirlwind.—A Scene of the Sublime and Terrible. ..."
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