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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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
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
Poirot undid the hasps and lifted the lid.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Other Germans were securing the hasps on the car doors with wire and spikes and other trackside trash.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
