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Souvenir

//ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location.

    "Back then, nobody knew in the schoolyard / Now then, you have grown up to be this hard / Go then, walk through this world with your heart scarred / You're the souvenir of sadness"

  2. 2
    something of sentimental value wordnet
  3. 3
    a reminder of past events wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To take (something) as a souvenir, especially illicitly, for example during wartime. transitive

    ""Doubletime up to the ville and souvenir me one cute orphan, man, but be sure you get a dirty one, a really skuzzy one.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir (literally “memory”). Compare memento.

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir (literally “memory”). Compare memento.

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