sidepiece

Example Sentences

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The sidepiece of my eyeglasses broke off six months ago; I reattached it with an electrical wire I had stripped of insulation and re-employed as a hinge pin.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2021

Q. Allowed to be bitter: I moved across country to be with my cheating boyfriend, and his sidepiece made it her mission to be my newest, dearest friend for close to two years.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2017

This is all done by swiping the sidepiece with a finger – back or forward, and then up or down.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2013

Jamb, jam, n. the sidepiece or post of a door, fireplace, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

"Tell Johnny Reb," says Hunter, lifting up the leather sidepiece of the ambulance, "that I'll be back again as soon as I get a new leg."

From Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists by Ashmun, Margaret