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slide fastener

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slide fastener
n
(Clothing & Fashion) Chiefly US and Canadian another name for zip [1]
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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
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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It comes with a slide fastener in the front, a hook-and-pile fastener at the waist and a drawstring hood.
A typical beauty outfit for travelling is in a soft green morocco case with the ever-appealing slide fastener.
Except for the inevitable patent records, much of the early experimentation with the slide fastener is undocumented, but some records of the post-1900 innovation process, and, perhaps just as important, a good sampling of the sales correspondence, have survived.
 
 
 
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