locket


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
locket/ˈlɒkɪt/
noun
  • 1 a small ornamental case worn round a person's neck on a chain and used to hold things of sentimental value.
  • 2 a metal plate or band on a scabbard.
– origin ME: from OFr. locquet, dimin. of loc ‘latch, lock’, of Gmc origin; rel. to lock1.
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