velcro

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Asian groceries can be a good source for stainless steel lunch box bento-style containers (leftover food and spice containers from upscale brands like Dean and Deluca are also good) and making the food cozy needs some velcro, thin oilcloth, needle, thread and a free afternoon.

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  • The velcro is really stylin' Close-up of the spring bunny and crappy flower Craptastic deer and awesome froggie, also note the really sad attempt to pull the pieces of the felt frame/border together I feel I should note here that I am fiercely proud of the little felt froggie.
  • She wrote a prescription for painkillers, then gave me a velcro-fastened elastic-bandage "rib belt" and told me to come back for more X-rays in three weeks. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
  • But that sort of hirsute protectionism treads dangerously upon our most cherished freedoms, and will potentially lead to messy entanglements from which we will find it hard to extricate ourselves (think "velcro"). —  QandO
  • These super-thin screens are not going to weight that much so we may see the wall mount replaced with stick-on screens, or a velcro system. —  Geek.com
  • Made from nylon and velcro, it was neigh on indestructible. —  Kit Up
 

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