hook and eye

Example Sentences

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Solid wooden shutters hung outside and closed with a single hook and eye for fastenings.

From The Man in Gray by Dixon, Thomas

—They're only in the hook and eye department, Myles Crawford said.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

I can get them fer her easy enough; the twins have been helping her some, one with a sinker and the other with a hook and eye.

From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

Her black dress ended at the neck abruptly in its own binding and a hook and eye.

From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von

She wore boots laced up at the side, or long boots of soft leather fastened with hook and eye; shoes like a man’s, but not so pointed and extreme.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton