hook and eye

Example Sentences

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I gasped, as Sallie fastened the last hook and eye and stood beside Mammy to admire me.

From The Heart's Kingdom by Daviess, Maria Thompson

Everybody knows it down to the last hook and eye… Oh, well, I'll stay home.

From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

Solid wooden shutters hung outside and closed with a single hook and eye for fastenings.

From The Man in Gray by Dixon, Thomas

Her black dress ended at the neck abruptly in its own binding and a hook and eye.

From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von

“I wonder,” Vi was sitting on the bed, sewing a hook and eye on the dress she had intended to wear, “if Amanda Peabody and The Shadow will be there.”

From Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck by Wheeler, Janet D.