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a narrow piece of leather, cloth etc that you wear around your waist, for example to keep your clothes in place or for decoration

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two long narrow pieces of cloth that go over a man’s shoulders and are fastened to the waist of his trousers at the front and back in order to hold them up. The American word is suspenders.

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a metal object through which a strap is passed to fasten a belt, shoe, bag etc

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a small round object that is used for fastening clothes by pushing it through a hole

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a metal object used for fastening a piece of jewellery, bag, belt etc

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a long piece of material used as a belt

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an object used instead of a button for fastening the cuff of a man’s shirt

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a wide band of brightly coloured cloth that a man wears around his waist as part of a very formal suit

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a string through the top of a bag or a piece of clothing, used for pulling the edges together

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the part into which a hook fits to fasten clothing

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a small hole in cloth surrounded by a metal ring, for putting a string or rope through

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something such as a button, zip, or clip that you use to fix together the two parts of something such as a piece of clothing or a bag

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a ring made of elastic that you wear around your sock or stocking to prevent it from falling down

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a suspender

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two small pieces for fastening clothes, consisting of a hook and a round part

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a thick piece of string used for tying two edges of a piece of clothing together

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a thin pointed piece of metal worn on your clothes as jewellery or worn to hold something in place

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an object used for fastening clothes, consisting of two pieces of metal that you press together

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a small round object for fastening clothes, made of two metal parts that you push together

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a curved pin with a cover that the sharp point goes into when it is fastened

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a long wide piece of cloth that you wrap around your waist like a belt

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a decorated pin worn to keep a tie in place or worn as jewellery

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a similar piece of material that keeps something such as a bag closed

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a small piece of metal on a short metal base that decorates or fastens clothing

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a piece of women’s underwear that hangs down from a belt and is fastened to a stocking to hold it up. The American word is garter.

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a pair of braces for keeping your trousers up

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a piece of jewellery that a man wears to keep his tie in place

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a tiepin

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a small piece of wood or plastic used like a button for fastening clothes

two narrow bands of cloth with special surfaces that stick together, used for fastening clothes, shoes etc

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a long narrow metal or plastic object with two rows of teeth, used for closing or opening something, especially a piece of clothing. The usual American word is zipper.

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a zip on a piece of clothing, a bag etc