keepsake
noun/ˈkiːpˌseɪk/
Frequency rank: #18,222 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A small item kept in memory of the person who gave it or the occasion it came from.
Example sentence
She gave him her old watch as a special keepsake to remember her by.
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