locket
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- noun
- /ˈlɑːkɪt/
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medallón
- I snapped open Bettina's locket and examined the face of the young girl inside it.
These small portraits sometimes were framed and kept in homes, and sometimes they were lockets that were worn around people's necks.
- These small portraits sometimes were framed and kept in homes, and sometimes they were lockets that were worn around people's necks.
- I remember I also bought her a Locket around her neck and and she appreciated that, she said.
- Hey, tell them that there's a heart-shaped Locket and I miss them and they're doing great.
Examples
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Then her eyes drop to a silver locket that dangles from the hilt by a tarnished chain.
Fiction book (1998) -
I have a little locket that I wear with a photo of him.
Academic text (2011) -
My silver locket with your hair in it.
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Are you wearing the locket now?
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It's a gold locket and chain.
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In his hand, he held a small, heart-shaped locket on a golden chain.
Fiction book (1992) -
It was a gold locket.
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That's why I gave you the locket.
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Then she curled up on her bed and held the emerald locket before her.
Fiction book (1992) -
Next to her heart, Rita wears a locket containing the last photo taken of Karla.
Synonyms
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A small piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain or earring
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Morphology
Etymology
Locket comes from lock plus a small ending -et that means 'little'. So a locket was originally a 'little lock' — a small case that closes to keep a picture or a lock of hair safe.