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Locket

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Locket 

a piece of jewelry usually consisting of an oval or round flat case with a chain. The case has space for a miniature portrait or a memento. Lockets are worn around the neck.
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He could see her as she unclasped from her neck the locket which she fastened about his own.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
Hetty was not quite as fond of the locket as of the ear-rings, though it was a handsome large locket, with enamelled flowers at the back and a beautiful gold border round the glass, which showed a light-brown slightly waving lock, forming a background for two little dark rings.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
And he showed her, lying on the palm of his hand, a Locket of a deep crimson colour, the same shape as the blue one and, like it, attached to a slender golden chain.
Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context
 
 
 
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