hasp
noun
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
hasps
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present tense formof hasp (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Guffaw said, 'We know where these hasps are, but cannot reveal their whereabouts at present.'
From Time Magazine Archive
But a Woman's Defence League candidate has stepped in, to demand equal hasps for wives, in order to end the serfdom of married women.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Ministry of Bubbleblowing denied yesterday, with an oath, that the 15,000,000 missing hasps had been found in a field near Asminster.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tyrion counted six oaken chests with iron hasps.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Judging from her personality, she appeared to have been reared on a diet of hardware: hasps and clasps and nails and old screws.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
