sleeve garter

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Sleeve garter

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sleeve garter (plural sleeve garters)

  1. A garter worn on the sleeve of a shirt above the elbow to hold the lower part of the sleeve tight and keep the cuff in the correct position.
    Synonym: arm garter
    • 1957, James Agee, A Death in the Family‎, New York: McDowell, Obolensky, page 6:
      Now only two , and now only one, is left, and you see only ghostlike shirt with the sleeve garters, and sober mystery of his mild face […]
    • 1998, Stephen King, chapter 21, in Bag of Bones‎, London: Hodder & Stoughton, page 352:
      ‘Hey kids!’ a barker in a dark blue shirt called to them. He was wearing sleeve-garters and his smile revealed one splendid gold tooth.

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