heirloom
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For all of us watching at home—while the show makes stops around the homeland—it offers more than just vicarious joy at learning someone’s family heirloom really is a treasure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
As for the tchotchkes, they ran the gamut from tacky souvenir to sentimental heirloom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
We never had a family heirloom type of piece; my mother didn’t pass me down any, my grandmother didn’t have any.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
"We hope that whoever is lucky enough to win one of the stockings at auction will pass it down as a family heirloom to be treasured for decades to come," she added.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
He lived out the remainder of his life in Azkaban, lamenting the loss of Marvolo’s last heirloom, and is buried beside the prison, alongside the other poor souls who have expired within its walls.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Lesson 5
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