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cuff link

–noun
one of a pair of linked ornamental buttons or buttonlike devices for fastening a shirt cuff.
Also, cufflink.


Origin:
1895–1900
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cuff link or cuff·link   (kŭf'lĭngk')


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n.  A fastening for a shirt cuff, usually consisting of two buttons or buttonlike parts connected with a chain or shank that passes through two slits in the cuff.
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