slide fastener
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of slide fastener
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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The zipper was new enough that he calls it a “slide fastener.”
From The New Yorker
Baker turned the pages, which were fastened to the cover by slide fasteners.
From Project Gutenberg
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