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locket

[lok-it] Origin

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; Middle English lokat cross-bar in a framework < Anglo-French loquet, diminutive of loc latch < Middle English. See lock1, -et
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locket (ˈlɒkɪt)
 
n
a small ornamental case, usually on a necklace or chain, that holds a picture, keepsake, etc
 
[C17: from French loquet latch, diminutive of loclock1]

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locket
mid-14c., "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 1670s.
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