fob-chain

A pair of massive bronze doors were set in the centre, a thick, well-oiled padlock strung between the door handles like a fob-chain across the waistcoat of a prize-fighter.

The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

A pair of massive bronze doors were set in the centre, a thick, well-oiled padlock strung between the door handles like a fob-chain across the waistcoat of a prize-fighter.

The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

Mr. Spencer tilted his London hat down upon his brow, fumbled with his fob-chain, and would have liked to ask the Paymaster if his well-known intention to send Gilian on the same career he and his brothers had followed was to be carried into effect But he felt instinctively that this was a delicate question.

Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro

The lengths here given make a fob-chain about five inches long.

Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools Virginia McGaw

The collar sits as high in the neck; the red silk handkerchief peeps out behind; the trousers are cut with the "full fall," over which hangs the watch fob-chain with its heavy seals; the low-crowned beaver hat has the same wide brim; and the silver snuff-box is still redolent of Scotch maccaboy.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various

"I do!" from a pursy passenger with a double chin and a heavy fob-chain.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Various

He wore a jewelled breastpin and a heavy gold fob-chain and seal.

Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi George Washington Cable 1884

"Well, sister Justitia," said Mrs. Lawson, drawing forth a massive silver watch, by a steel fob-chain; "we are wasting time.

Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Effie Afton 1858