cuff button
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Half an hour later Anthony, wrestling with a refractory cuff button, looked up to see his wife at his elbow.
From The Indifference of Juliet by Hutt, Henry
That cuff button may or may not be a clue.
From The Sheridan Road Mystery by Thorne, Mabel
After recounting his discovery of the cuff button, he added, "and that was one of the most damning pieces of evidence which I had against you, Marsh—the letter—"M" on that cuff button."
From The Sheridan Road Mystery by Thorne, Mabel
The cuff button, with its initial "M," looked curiously like one of these facts, and, taken in connection with the other circumstances, pointed strongly toward Marsh.
From The Sheridan Road Mystery by Thorne, Mabel
That would not have gone very far," laughed Marsh, "because I've never worn an initialed cuff button in my life.
From The Sheridan Road Mystery by Thorne, Mabel
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