locket
a small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.
the uppermost mount of a scabbard.
Origin of locket
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How to use locket in a sentence
When he left to join the Spanish-American War, Katie kept a picture of him on a locket around her neck.
One year she happened to stumble into a mourning locket offered on eBay.
In one of my books, I created a fictional character called Larry locket, who was based on Dominick.
This underwent the same strict scrutiny that he had bestowed upon the locket, but his countenance betrayed still deeper emotion.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieIt was an old fashioned golden locket bearing miniatures of her father and mother with their names and the date of their marriage.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
It was many hours later that Octavie drew the locket from her bosom and looked at Edmond with a questioning appeal in her glance.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinIt was through him, Maud, that they obtained the locket, with its picture of Bruce and Ivarene.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe CarteretMy baby dear I deck with my mother's locket, where is the picture of dear Bruce and me—my dear mother's name on it: Morelia.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe Carteret
British Dictionary definitions for locket
/ (ˈlɒkɪt) /
a small ornamental case, usually on a necklace or chain, that holds a picture, keepsake, etc
Origin of locket
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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