locket
noun
a small case for a miniature portrait, a lock of hair, or other keepsake, usually worn on a necklace.
lockets
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pluralof locket.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Redlands business Precious Creature initially only offered full-body taxidermy of pets until customers started suggesting other ideas, such as lockets containing patches of fur and cat-tail necklaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Prince Albert gave her the gift of a bracelet with eight lockets attached to it - each containing a lock of hair from one of their eight children.
From BBC ● May 28, 2022
Ladies wore cameos, mourning jewelry and large lockets containing photos and hair of loved ones.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2019
Now the pair has teamed up with Loquet, a jewelry company founded in London by Laura Bailey and Sheherazade Goldsmith that has built a cultish following for its 21st-century take on lockets.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2018
In the America of the 1790s, Washington’s image was everywhere, in paintings, prints, lockets; on coins, silverware, plates, and household bric-a-brac.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
