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Luckenbooth brooch

Luckenbooth brooch noun: a traditional Scottish love token in the form of a heart-shaped brooch, usually made of silver and sometimes engraved or set with precious stones.

Noun

Luckenbooth brooch (plural Luckenbooth brooches)

  1. A traditional Scottish love token in the form of a heart-shaped brooch, usually made of silver and sometimes engraved or set with precious stones.

Forms of Luckenbooth brooch

pluralLuckenbooth brooches

Origin of Luckenbooth brooch

Named after the Luckenbooths, a range of tenements once standing in Edinburgh, where jewellery and trinkets used to be sold.

Questions about Luckenbooth brooch

What does Luckenbooth brooch mean?
Luckenbooth brooch means a traditional Scottish love token in the form of a heart-shaped brooch, usually made of silver and sometimes engraved or set with precious stones.
What part of speech is Luckenbooth brooch?
Luckenbooth brooch is a noun.
What is the plural of Luckenbooth brooch?
The plural of Luckenbooth brooch is Luckenbooth brooches.

Words near Luckenbooth brooch in the dictionary

  1. lucked through
  2. Luckenbaugh
  3. Luckenbaughs
  4. Luckenbill
  5. Luckenbills
  6. Luckenbooth brooch
  7. Luckenbooth brooches
  8. lucker
  9. luckers
  10. Luckes
  11. Luckett

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