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Fastener

noun

A person who fastens or makes fast.

Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. Synonyms: fastening, fixing, holdfast.

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"Fastener" Quotes from Famous Books

... sheets together at the top left hand corner with a paper fastener, the pointed ends of the fastener being at the top. Do not pin the sheets; do not stitch them; whatever else you do, refrain from stitching them all the way down the left hand side, as this process makes it irritatingly difficult to turn ...

— Journalism for Women - A Practical Guide • E.A. Bennett

... given to the adornment of the most beautiful embellishment of Freeland—its queenly women. Certainly their dress is shapely, and I have nowhere noticed such a correct taste in the choice of the most becoming forms and colours; but of actual ornaments one sees none at all. Here and there a gold fastener in the hair, here and there a gold or silver brooch on the dress—that is all; precious stones and pearls seem to be avoided by the ladies here. What is the reason ...

— Freeland - A Social Anticipation • Theodor Hertzka

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