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Photo holder on a chain
Answer for the clue "Photo holder on a chain ", 6 letters:
locket
Alternative clues for the word locket
Word definitions for locket in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item. 2 (context archaic English) The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard. 3 A small white marking on a cat's coat.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Locket \Lock"et\, n. [F. loquet latch, dim. of OF. loc latch, lock; of German origin. See Lock a fastening.] A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament. A little case for holding a miniature picture or lock of hair, usually suspended ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "iron cross-bar of a window," from Old French loquet "door-handle, bolt, latch," diminutive of loc "lock, latch," from Frankish or some other Germanic source (compare Old Norse lok "fastening, lock;" see lock (n.1)). Meaning "ornamental case with ...
Usage examples of locket.
Jane reached around Amy to pluck a locket on a blue ribbon off the dressing table.
They seemed vaguely familiar to Angelique and she felt strangely drawn to the locket.
That allegory was exactly of the same size as my portrait, and the jeweller who made the locket arranged it in such a manner that no one could suppose the sacred image to be there only for the sake of hiding a profane likeness.
Drew took the locket and studied the yellowing daguerreotype nestled within.
On Twelfth Night, having the locket and chain in my pocket, I went early in the evening to watch near the fine statue erected to the hero Colleoni after he had been poisoned, if history does not deceive us.
I opened up a gross or two of the Brazilians and made Mame put them on--rings, brooches, necklaces, eardrops, bracelets, girdles, and lockets.
And definitely no TVs, stereos, marcasite jewelry, or octagonal gold lockets.
Memo: Scan the locket, use Photoshop to rescale it and print it on paper, then see if the pattern works as a focus when I look at it on a clipboard.
Indignantly Barnacle denied the charge and was about to explain how his ma had hung the locket round his neck just before she popped her clogs, when Mrs McDipper and Mister Levy came back.
Kindly he helped Barnacle with the instrument, and then, when he was satisfied that the boy was happily absorbed, he returned to examining the locket, moving nearer to his window for a better light.
He took the locket and told Barnacle to stay in the cabin with the Colonel and to keep the door bolted and to open it to no one.
From the folds of her black frock, Mammy Venus had drawn forth a length of timeworn leather from which there depended a locket of pressed tin.
He let the ribbon fall and was closing the delicate catch on the locket when Melia came to stand beside him, emitting a little gasp of dismay.
The outer covering of the locket was fashioned of golden filigree, lacelike work of fine strands of twenty-two carat gold wire.