love-token

/'lʌv,toukən/

Thân thiện

A young woman carefully places a love-token in her jewelry box.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A keepsake given as a token of love: A small, often sentimental object given by one person to another to express romantic love or affection, serving as a physical reminder of the relationship or the giver's feelings.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • He gave her a locket as a love-token before he went to war.
  • The pressed flower in the old book was a fragile love-token from her youth.

Advanced Usage

• Historical Context: Traditionally, a love-token was often a handmade or personally chosen item, such as a lock of hair, a piece of jewelry, or a handwritten poem, rather than a commercially purchased gift.
  • In Victorian times, it was common to exchange intricate love-tokens like woven hair jewelry.

Variants and Related Words

• Keepsake (n): A general term for any item kept in memory of the person who gave it or the occasion.
• Memento (n): An object kept as a reminder or souvenir of a person or event.

Synonyms

• Token of affection: An object symbolizing love or fondness.
• Romantic keepsake: A memento specifically associated with a romantic relationship.

Related Phrases

• As a token of my love: A phrase used when giving a gift to explicitly state its symbolic meaning.
  • Please accept this ring as a token of my love.

Học thuật

Noun

1. keepsake given as a token of love