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love-token|ˈlʌvˌtəʊk(ə)n| Something given as a sign or token of love.
Beowulf (Z) 1863 Sceal hring naca ofer hea þu bringan lac & luf tacen. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. i. i. 27 Thou hast giuen her rimes, And interchang'd loue-tokens with my childe. 1626Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xx. viii, What Church in the world can show such deare love-tokens from the Almighty as this? 16..Child Maurice xxii. in Child Ballads II. 265/2 For thou hast sent her loue-tokens, More now then two or three. 1836J. H. Newman in Lyra Apost. (1849) 26 Yes! let the fragrant scars abide Love-tokens in thy stead. 1877W. Jones Finger-ring 343 He sent two diamond rings, as love-tokens to Mary, Queen of Scots. |