looksake

English

Etymology

From look +‎ sake or look's +‎ sake, modelled after namesake, name's sake.

Noun

looksake (plural looksakes)

  1. (rare) An individual who looks like or is reminiscent of another; a doppelganger.
    • 1991, Jo Clayton, Shadowkill:
      Despite the awkward weight of the pack, Kikun climbed the crumbly stone face like his looksake garden lizard going up a wall; Rose followed more slowly, grumbling all the way.
    • 2014, G. Zimmerman, Verdure, page 250:
      Franny, or her looksake, was walking in a southeasterly direction when she had disappeared from sight.
    • 2014, Nina Foxx, A Letter for My Mother, page 123:
      Wherever you are, I know that you're at peace and so I should be, too. That you watch over me, your “looksake,” as you do all your forebears, intervening on my behalf with God probably more often than polite.
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