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We'd left it, with a few momentoes just as valuable, when we made that quick move away from that punky old palace after our little monkey shine with the brigands.

From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

Many trophies and relics were carried away as momentoes of the occasion.

From South America by Koebel, W. H. (William Henry)

I have before me as I write some of these funny momentoes of that time, carefully kept, often looked at. 

From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

She made them out to be business cards, evidently momentoes of passing knights of the road who had amused themselves by sailing their credentials heavenward, each with a transfixing pin.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein