Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Two buttons, plates, or bars united by a link or short chain, and serving to hold together the two edges of the cuff or wristband: a common adjunct of men's dress in the nineteenth century. Compare
sleeve-button .
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- noun
cufflink
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Examples
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I looked for a time steadfastly at a beautiful pearl sleeve-link.
In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006
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With pencil and pen I was handy enough, and I can still tie as good a bow as ever lay on a man's collar, but with a tool or a bat or a gun, a sleeve-link or a corkscrew, I have always been unreachable.
Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955
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Lopez addressed the note which I had written, sealed it with his sleeve-link, and sent it by the hand of the servant, Jose.
His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917
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Lopez addressed the note which I had written, sealed it with his sleeve-link, and sent it by the hand of the servant, Jose.
His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917
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The oval seal is undoubtedly a plain sleeve-link -- what else is of such a shape?
His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917
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Lopez addressed the note which I had written, sealed it with his sleeve-link, and sent it by the hand of the servant, Jose.
His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917
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Lopez addressed the note which I had written, sealed it with his sleeve-link, and sent it by the hand of the servant, Jose.
His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917
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The oval seal is undoubtedly a plain sleeve-link -- what else is of such a shape?
His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917
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The oval seal is undoubtedly a plain sleeve-link -- what else is of such a shape?
His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917
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The oval seal is undoubtedly a plain sleeve-link -- what else is of such a shape?
His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1917
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