as a token
as a token of (something)
As a gift or offering signifying something. Take this bottle of wine as a token of my gratitude. The headmaster gave us each a plaque, as a token of her appreciation. As a token of congratulations on your wedding day, we at the Kensington Hotel would like to offer a free round of drinks for you and all your guests!
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as a token (of something)
symbolic of something, especially of gratitude; as a memento of something. He gave me a rose as a token of his esteem. Here, take this gift as a token of my appreciation.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in classic literature
Leave no black plume
as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
However, on the third night the soldier carried away one of the golden cups
as a token of where he had been.
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