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rubber band

noun as in elastic band

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Also references to knife fights and Democrats showing up with pencils, rubber bands, butter knives and other wimpy implements.

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Pair the glossy burgundy bezel ring with a brushed bronze mesh bracelet or black rubber band.

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Cormorant’s bill is held by rubber band during bath to remove oil after the Santa Barbara oil spill.

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Practically overnight, I had to adjust to how my new glasses slid down my nose and the way the elastics tethered to my braces snapped like rubber bands in a junk drawer.

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He said the cord "stretched like a rubber band" and he heard "a massive almighty bang, like a shotgun, then Chris's umbilical goes limp".

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