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LOCKET

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lock⋅et

[lok-it]
–noun
1. a small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.
2. the uppermost mount of a scabbard.

Origin:
1325–75; ME lokat cross-bar in a framework < AF loquet, dim. of loc latch < ME. See lock 1 , -et
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lock·et   (lŏk'ĭt)   


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n.  A small ornamental case for a picture or keepsake, usually worn as a pendant.

[Middle English loket, crossbar, from Old French loquet, latch, diminutive of loc, lock, of Germanic origin.]
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locket 
1354, "iron cross-bar of a window," from O.Fr. loquet "latch," dim. of loc "lock, latch," from Frank. (cf. O.N. lok "fastening, lock"). Meaning "ornamental case with hinged cover" (containing a lock of hair, miniature portrait, etc.) first recorded 1679.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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