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  • noun Common misspelling of memento.

Etymologies

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Variant of memento from association with memorable moments.

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Examples

  • In fact, a Mexican momento is a tricky catch-all, a strange little net with many holes.

    New meaning to mañana 2009

  • In fact, a Mexican momento is a tricky catch-all, a strange little net with many holes.

    New meaning to mañana 2009

  • In fact, a Mexican momento is a tricky catch-all, a strange little net with many holes.

    New meaning to mañana 2009

  • In statics he identified this momentum with what Galileo called momento or impeto, and this identification was certainly conformable to the Pisan's idea.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • Well, when I diskivered that what's-his-name was packed up and the waggin loaded, I took the liberty to borrow one o 'them there nuts fur a kind of momento, as it were, and I kept that in my pocket till we served the writ and he paid my bill and came to his milk, if you'll allow me that expression, and then I says to him,' Pardner, 'says

    Remarks Bill Nye 1873

  • In middle school I bottomed out when I lost my favorite Rangers hat somewhere in the halls; I'll never feel as low as I did when I couldn't find the momento my dad had gotten me the night they won the Stanley Cup -- which I wasn't able to attend, which I spent an evening as a seven year old crying about.

    Jordan Zakarin: I Quit: A Jets Fan's Lament Jordan Zakarin 2011

  • In middle school I bottomed out when I lost my favorite Rangers hat somewhere in the halls; I'll never feel as low as I did when I couldn't find the momento my dad had gotten me the night they won the Stanley Cup -- which I wasn't able to attend, which I spent an evening as a seven year old crying about.

    Jordan Zakarin: I Quit: A Jets Fan's Lament Jordan Zakarin 2011

  • In middle school I bottomed out when I lost my favorite Rangers hat somewhere in the halls; I'll never feel as low as I did when I couldn't find the momento my dad had gotten me the night they won the Stanley Cup -- which I wasn't able to attend, which I spent an evening as a seven year old crying about.

    Jordan Zakarin: I Quit: A Jets Fan's Lament Jordan Zakarin 2011

  • Por el momento es solo un concepto pero con ver solamente estas muestra en 3 dimensiones basta para cautivar.

    Furniture Made with a Single Stroke 2009

  • It could be el momento de verdad for your future financial security.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Ministry of Truth: New Fronts in the War on Social Security RJ 2011

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