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slide fastener

slide fastener

noun

  1. another name for zip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slide fastener1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

The zipper was new enough that he calls it a “slide fastener.”

Baker turned the pages, which were fastened to the cover by slide fasteners.

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