Synonyms for keepsakes


Grammar : Noun
Spell : keep-seyk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkipˌseɪk

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Définition of keepsakes

Origin :
  • 1790, from keep (v.) + sake; on model of namesake; thus an object kept for the sake of the giver. As an adjective by 1839.
  • noun something precious
Example sentences :
  • His eyes were gold and very sweet like keepsakes you must never spend.
  • Extract from : « Fairy Prince and Other Stories » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
  • Rosa knitted him two pairs of mittens; but perhaps he put them by for keepsakes.
  • Extract from : « Dariel » by R. D. Blackmore
  • Then he reached up and disarmed the man who had taken his wallet and his wife's keepsakes.
  • Extract from : « Excuse Me! » by Rupert Hughes
  • So wholly devoid of sentiment are war-captains when they deal with keepsakes.
  • Extract from : « Joan of the Sword Hand » by S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
  • She turned over his gifts, keepsakes which any friend might give to another.
  • Extract from : « Patty's Perversities » by Arlo Bates
  • The only things I regretted losing were a few letters and keepsakes.
  • Extract from : « Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army » by Augustus Meyers
  • It will be such a consolation to both of us to have our keepsakes to look at now.
  • Extract from : « Hide and Seek » by Wilkie Collins
  • Would you let a few kisses and keepsakes stand in the way of your ambition?
  • Extract from : « Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children » by Julian Hawthorne
  • His keepsakes were impressions which he carefully guarded in his memory.
  • Extract from : « The Blazed Trail » by Stewart Edward White
  • I wish my brothers to preserve these keepsakes out of love for their sister Hena.
  • Extract from : « The Gold Sickle » by Eugne Sue

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