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Love-token   /ləv-tˈoʊkən/   Listen
Love-token

noun
1.
Keepsake given as a token of love.





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"Love-token" Quotes from Famous Books



... Ellen, and on breaking the seal, another appeared addressed to Constance. She did not dare to open it in the street, but retired to a confectioner's, and while Ellen was tasting an ice-cream, Constance was devouring, with eager eyes, the first love-token she had ever ...
— The Lights and Shadows of Real Life • T.S. Arthur
... admitted to her presence and the servants had been sent away, she listened patiently to the reproaches which this bold messenger from the Duke poured upon her, and listening she fell in love with the supposed Cesario; and when Cesario had gone, Olivia longed to send some love-token after him. So, calling Malvolio, she bade him follow ...
— Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare • E. Nesbit
... experience of a feeling which connected him with breathing flesh and blood. The object of her visit was soon explained. Whispering in his ear, as if she were afraid of the sound of her own words, she told him that Walter had promised her a love-token, and that she wished to give him one in return, for which purpose she desired that she might be permitted to use one or two old "Spanish ounces" that lay ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, XXII • various


Words linked to "Love-token" :   relic, keepsake, souvenir, token


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