locket

[ lok-it ]
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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 of locket

1
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) /


noun
  1. a small ornamental case, usually on a necklace or chain, that holds a picture, keepsake, etc

Origin of locket

1
C17: from French loquet latch, diminutive of loc lock 1

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