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luckenbooth

luck·en·booth [ lúkən bth ] (plural luck·en·booths)


noun 
Definition:
 
heart-shaped Scottish symbol: a Scottish brooch design in the shape of a silver heart, given in the past as a token of love or betrothal

[15th century. Lucken past participle of obsolete louk "lock" < Old English lūcan< Germanic; originally "booth that can be locked" (where such brooches were sold)]
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