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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: locquet, from Middle Dutch loke 'latch'

locket

 noun
     
Related topics: Jewellery
lock‧et [countable]
DCJ a piece of jewellery that you wear around your neck on a chain, with a small metal case in which you can put a picture, a piece of hair etc
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