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

I had been thinking about a keepsake from the wedding and saw the toast and thought to myself: 'Why not'?

From The Daily Beast

It was to have appeared in Lady Blessington's Keepsake, presumably in a translation, but was not published in it.

From Project Gutenberg

I was at his office to-day, you see, to return him some keepsake of his that I found in an old curiosity shop.

From Project Gutenberg

Also, he took the ruby brooch for a friend—and as a sort of keepsake, you know.

From Project Gutenberg

With a Spartan-like resolve she at last put every letter and keepsake into the sacrificial flames.

From Project Gutenberg

But the keepsake, that had never left its seat for many a year, was too precious to him to be so discarded.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• memento
• relic
• souvenir
• trophy