Love-lock
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A padlock symbolizing two people's love for each other.
"In the early 2000s, two of Paris' famous bridges were transformed into what are called “Love Bridges,” their railings completely covered with “love-locks,” padlocks on which couples from around the world carve their initials before attaching them and then throwing the keys into the Seine as a declaration of undying passion."
- 2 Alternative form of lovelock. alt-of, alternative
"These love-locks, or ear-locks, in which too many of our nation have of late begun to glory, whatever they may seem to be in the eyes and judgement of many humorous, singular, effeminate, ruffianly, vain-glorious or time-serving persons, who repute and deem them a very generous, necessary, beautiful, and comely ornament; […]"
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More examples"In the early 2000s, two of Paris' famous bridges were transformed into what are called “Love Bridges,” their railings completely covered with “love-locks,” padlocks on which couples from around the world carve their initials before attaching them and then throwing the keys into the Seine as a declaration of undying passion."
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