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Token   /tˈoʊkən/   Listen
Token

noun
1.
An individual instance of a type of symbol.  Synonym: item.
2.
Something serving as a sign of something else.
3.
A metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines.
4.
Something of sentimental value.  Synonyms: keepsake, relic, souvenir.
adjective
1.
Insignificantly small; a matter of form only ('tokenish' is informal).  Synonyms: nominal, tokenish.  "A token gesture of resistance" , "A toknenish gesture"



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"Token" Quotes from Famous Books



... Then he picked up a pannikin and filled it with rum. He held it out in his left hand towards Jean while he offered his right in token of friendship. Jean eyed the outstretched hand. Then he looked at the rum, and the insidious odour filled his nostrils. The temptation was too great, as Victor knew it would be, for him. He thrust one great hand into the trader's and the two men shook; ...
— In the Brooding Wild • Ridgwell Cullum
... smile that irradiated his handsome, virile countenance, Sir Walter held out his hand to clasp his cousin's in token of appreciation. Captain King expressed no opinion save what might be conveyed in a grunt and ...
— The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series • Rafael Sabatini
... the gangway amidship, its keel, while yet some inches separated from the hull, harshly grated as on a sunken coral reef. It proved a huge bunch of conglobated barnacles adhering below the water to the side like a wen—a token of baffling airs and long calms ...
— The Piazza Tales • Herman Melville
... sir, ye'll fin' naebody there!" said the man. "They're a' gane frae the hoose ony gait. There's no a sowl aboot that but deif Betty Lobban, wha wadna hear the angel wi' the last trump. Mair by token, she's that feart for robbers she gangs til her bed the minute it begins to grow dark, an' sticks her heid 'aneth the bed-claes—no 'at that ...
— Donal Grant • George MacDonald
... Knight, as a token of the sincerity of your lady," said Lady Rosamond, stepping forward with a knot of pale blue silk in ...
— Lady Rosamond's Secret - A Romance of Fredericton • Rebecca Agatha Armour


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