hook and eye
Example Sentences
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Finish, to correspond with, collar, placing a rosette in the centre of the cuff, and fastening with a hook and eye.
From The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 by Unknown
He entered the sitting-room, and there sat his wife by the oblong center-table, sewing a hook and eye on one of Lillian, second's, petticoats.
From The Financier, a novel by Theodore Dreiser
Her black dress ended at the neck abruptly in its own binding and a hook and eye.
From The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim
Not only have I examined the various materials for stains, but I've tested each hook and eye and button and pin.
From The Film Mystery by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
"Tell the conductor I've come to the last curl and the last hook and eye," she called, and a few minutes later stepped out on to the platform, a vision of fresh daintiness.
From The Rhodesian by Gertrude Page
