cuff link

or cufflink

noun

1. one of a pair of linked ornamental buttons or buttonlike devices for fastening a shirt cuff.

cuff link

noun

1. one of a pair of linked buttons, used to join the buttonholes on the cuffs of a shirt

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuff link¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

A cuff link from back when I wore cuff links.

From Los Angeles Times

Readers sometimes wrote to the magazine, saying the logo was missing from the cover, but it was invariably there, whether in a pair of gloves held just so, in a reflection from a woman’s eye, in a pattern of rumpled sheets, on a cuff link peeking out from a sleeve or, shown in negative space, by an overhead view of a group of women arranged on a beach.

From Washington Post

He’s still dressed in his clothes from earlier, but one sleeve of his shirt is pushed up to his elbows, while he’s undoing the cuff link on his other sleeve.

From Literature

“We married the cuff link collection,” Uclés says, opening one display box and reaching for another.

From Washington Post

Pictured is FDR at a toga-themed party for his Jan. 30, 1934, birthday, which was just the latest in a series of birthday fêtes that were typically organized each year by his inner circle, known as the "Cuff Link Gang."

From Time