keepsake

noun

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keep·sake | \ ˈkēp-ˌsāk

Definition of keepsake

: something kept or given to be kept as a memento

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Examples of keepsake in a Sentence

We were given books as keepsakes of the trip. saved the tassel from her mortarboard as a keepsake of her high school graduation

Recent Examples on the Web That soaring voice and that impeccable delivery that always sounded effortless equate to a worthy keepsake of Houston’s potency. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2021 Maverick Beckham is holding a special keepsake of his late older brother close to his heart. — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2021 Hunt already took home a keepsake from set long before filming wrapped for its last time. — Marc Malkin, Variety, 3 Nov. 2021 To this end, Joe cuts off two of his toes (!) and bakes one of them into a chicken pot pie (!!!) and puts another in a little keepsake box next to evidence from all the other murders (!!!!!!!). — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2021 Kits will include food and beverage items, and a pair of keepsake wine glasses. — William Earl, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021 Each guest received an anniversary keepsake poster and a commemorative park map. — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2021 There's no shame in taking a keepsake to remember your work on one of the biggest television shows in history. — Nick Romano, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2021 The museum says Kennedy gifted the rocking chair to the Waldorf Astoria in 1962, in keeping with a tradition of presidents donating a keepsake as a remembrance of their stays in the hotel’s presidential suite. — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2021

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