keepsake

[ keep-seyk ]

noun

1. anything kept, or given to be kept, as a token of friendship or affection; remembrance.

   Synonyms: token, memento, souvenir

keepsake

/ ˈkiːpˌseɪk /

noun

1. a gift that evokes memories of a person or event with which it is associated

Word History and Origins

Origin of keepsake¹

1780–90; keep (v.) + sake ¹

Example Sentences

In the following months, those who had stormed the presidential palace and were seen walking out with “souvenirs” - such as bed sheets or the odd keepsake to remember a historic day - have been jailed.

From BBC

And don’t be surprised if you catch a player of two bringing a jar or plastic bag to take home some Dodger Stadium dirt as a keepsake.

From Los Angeles Times

While there, Louis is given an ornate keepsake box containing a letter from Lestat, pre-written in the event of his death, and the words of this letter are so much in the style of Rice herself that I spent days doing a deep dive into it, which brought me back to her archives, put into the care of Tulane University after her own death in 2021.

From Salon

But as I flipped through hundreds of her pages – including a first draft of "Interview with the Vampire" that had been kept in her office in her home in New Orleans, in a keepsake box I imagine being similar to Lestat's – I couldn't find the origins of the letter read in this episode, leaving me to conclude that the show's writers, Jonathan Ceniceroz and Shane Munson, wrote it themselves.

From Salon

Clark’s first home game is being marked by a souvenir ticket that has the technology to save a photo on a QR code for a forever keepsake.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• memento
• relic
• souvenir
• trophy