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.

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Meanings

nounLuckenbooth brooch (plural Luckenbooth brooches)

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.

Origin

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

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Luckenbooth brooch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luckenbooth%20brooch

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“Luckenbooth brooch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luckenbooth%20brooch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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