"love-lock" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "lovelock"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1818, Samuel Johnson, quoting William Prynne, Unloveliness of Love-Locks, quoted in A Dictionary of the English Language",
          "text": "These love-locks, or ear-locks, in which too many of our nation have of late begun to glory, whatever they may seem to be in the eyes and judgement of many humorous, singular, effeminate, ruffianly, vain-glorious or time-serving persons, who repute and deem them a very generous, necessary, beautiful, and comely ornament; […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1901, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 13, in The Hound of the Baskervilles",
          "text": "“Do you see anything there?” I looked at the broad plumed hat, the curling love-locks, the white lace collar, and the straight, severe face which was framed between them.",
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        }
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        "Alternative form of lovelock"
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Joan DeJean, How Paris Became Paris, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, page 208",
          "text": "In the early 2000s, two of Paris' famous bridges were transformed into what are called “Love Bridges,” their railings completely covered with “love-locks,” padlocks on which couples from around the world carve their initials before attaching them and then throwing the keys into the Seine as a declaration of undying passion.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A padlock symbolizing two people's love for each other."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "love lock"
        },
        {
          "word": "love padlock"
        }
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    }
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  "word": "love-lock"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "lovelock"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1818, Samuel Johnson, quoting William Prynne, Unloveliness of Love-Locks, quoted in A Dictionary of the English Language",
          "text": "These love-locks, or ear-locks, in which too many of our nation have of late begun to glory, whatever they may seem to be in the eyes and judgement of many humorous, singular, effeminate, ruffianly, vain-glorious or time-serving persons, who repute and deem them a very generous, necessary, beautiful, and comely ornament; […]",
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        },
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          "ref": "1901, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 13, in The Hound of the Baskervilles",
          "text": "“Do you see anything there?” I looked at the broad plumed hat, the curling love-locks, the white lace collar, and the straight, severe face which was framed between them.",
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        }
      ],
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          "ref": "2014, Joan DeJean, How Paris Became Paris, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, page 208",
          "text": "In the early 2000s, two of Paris' famous bridges were transformed into what are called “Love Bridges,” their railings completely covered with “love-locks,” padlocks on which couples from around the world carve their initials before attaching them and then throwing the keys into the Seine as a declaration of undying passion.",
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      ],
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        "A padlock symbolizing two people's love for each other."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "love lock"
        },
        {
          "word": "love padlock"
        }
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  "word": "love-lock"
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