memorabilia
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6.4
- noun
- /ˌmɛmərəˈbɪliə/
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recuerdos
- On the wall is a small glass case full of station memorabilia from through the years.
- sports memorabilia
- photographs and memorabilia
- personal memorabilia
I don't like old school type place full up with all memorabilia.
- I don't like old school type place full up with all memorabilia.
- But I had an ex whose stepfather was wildly racist, like Nazi memorabilia, like just insane individual.
- So, you know, so I think that, yeah, I'll be sure to find you some Jets memorabilia.
- And I think that there's again, I give away most of it, but keep a few pieces as memorabilia for your children.
- I probably can quantify it with the amount of money I have spent on Hufflepuff memorabilia.
- But I posted a little snippet of when President Obama shows John Lewis some memorabilia from the March on Washington that he had framed in the Oval.
- It could be statistics, it could be sports memorabilia, could be Magic the Gathering cards, anything that a person can obsess about?
- It was like, I don't know, memorabilia they sold, like kilts and.
- Memorabilia, yeah, we need somebody who who know how to say this memorabilia, memorabilia.
Examples
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The shop is full of Whistler's Mother memorabilia - posters, cards, porcelain statuettes.
Fiction book (1997) -
Users can explore posters, memorabilia, radio and television segments from the 1940s through the 2010s.
Academic text (2015) -
That, uh, I finally broke down And sold off some of my memorabilia collection.
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It's their big summer memorabilia auction.
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The room was filled with circus memorabilia, most of it having to do with my grandfather.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the end she was successful in amassing the world's largest collection of Hollywood memorabilia and so she wanted to build a museum.
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Autographed photos and other boxing memorabilia cluttered his desk.
Fiction book (2001) -
And some prized movie memorabilia is now on display in Anchorage's last Blockbuster.
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Direct-mail responses and sales of T-shirts and memorabilia brought in $600,000.
Academic text (1990) -
My father has a lot of World War II memorabilia down there," she explained.
Synonyms
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2.3
A small object kept to remember a place or event, often bought while traveling
47
6.0
An object kept to remind you of a person or event
22
3.9
An object kept to remind you of a person, place, or event
Surface Forms
Etymology
Memorabilia comes from the same root as memory and the Latin memor, which means 'mindful' or 'remembering'. So memorabilia are objects kept to help you 'remember' a person, event, or time.