slide fastener

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slide fastener

n
(Clothing & Fashion) chiefly US and Canadian another name for zip1
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zip•per

(ˈzɪp ər)
n.
1. Also called slide fastener. a device for fastening clothing, luggage, etc., consisting of two parallel tracks of teeth or coils that can be interlocked or separated by the pulling of a slide between them.
2. a large illuminated display of news bulletins or advertisements that rapidly and continously flash by on an upper part of a building.
3. a person or thing that zips.
v.t., v.i.
4. zip 2.
[1920–25, Amer.; formerly a trademark; see zip1, -er1]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.slide fastener - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tabslide fastener - a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
zip fastener, zipper, zip
cardigan - knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper
dress, frock - a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
skirt - a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
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If you are going to travel, you really should go to www.delsey.com, and be sure to check out the Zip Securi Tech slide fastener that offers protection against the forced opening of bags.
No more lugging your luggage
It comes with a slide fastener in the front, a hook-and-pile fastener at the waist and a drawstring hood.
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A typical beauty outfit for travelling is in a soft green morocco case with the ever-appealing slide fastener. It contains a powder box of the fashionable "chicpak" variety in apple green bakelite, two green pommard pots, prettily shaped to fit round one side of the powder box, and a screw-topped lotion bottle to fit round the other.
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Goodrich began producing overshoes that closed with a slide fastener. The fastener, which closed with a distinct "zip" sound, soon led the boots to be dubbed "Zipper Boots," and Goodrich trademarked the term.
When good marks go bao: the evils of genericide--when a trademark becomes a generic term--are many. But that's nothing compared with what happens when foreign translations distort a trademark's meaning. (Special Advertising Section)
Efforts to invent a slide fastener, Friedel tells us, began in 1893, but the device didn't actually work right until about 1920.
Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty
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